I am a retired gentleman with a significant history in photography. To start with, I got a 2 year degree in photography, then started looking around for fun things to take pictures of. At the time, I lived at the beach in California, and had a strong interest in auto racing. There should be lots of fun stuff to take photos of there. The beach was free, but auto racing had an admission price. So, photography became an avocation, and I learned how to trade photo work for access. I met, and made friends with, people in the car magazine business. I got press/photo passes to major auto races so I could get "inside the ropes", and shooting and writing magazine articles and stories followed. That adventure lasted for about 25 years, then I took a full time job in the auto racing business. The cameras were sold. I wasn't a photographer anymore until I retired and moved to Idaho. No ocean beaches or major car races here .... but lots of open country and wildlife.
Older now, I started hanging around where wildlife professionals worked. I became a CITIZEN SCIENTIST, and traded photo work for access to wildlife. Birds mostly. Most of these wildlife professionals work in non-profit areas and, for them, getting good photos for free really worked well. So here is what I have been doing lately and what fills most of the pages on this website:
CITIZEN SCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS
Photographic Volunteer to The Peregrine Fund (Over 10 Years)
*The World Center for Birds of Prey/ The Peregrine Fund
*American Kestrel Partnership / The Peregrine fund
*Condor Reintroduction Program / The Peregrine Fund
Boise State University Raptor Research Center /Contributing Photographer
* Burrowing Owl Studies
*Student research Projects
US Bureau of Land Management: Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: Photographic Artist In Residence 2018
Cornell University: ebird program / Photo contributor
Photographic Society of America: Worldwide
*Wildlife Photography Mentor (Over 5 Years)
I use NIKON cameras and lenses
If you want to know even MORE about me, maybe too much, check out this link: More About Jim Shane
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Jim Shane