The Contest
Japan has many interesting customs, taking shoes off when entering a house, not shaking hands, bowing 45 degrees when showing respect, making a slurping sound [...]
Things are not Always What They Seem
I think I had a great time. One of the biggest reasons to visit Japan in the winter is visiting and photographing the snow monkeys. [...]
Avian Fashion Show
[excerpt from show introduction by Jeff, CEO of Rainforest Fashions] Welcome to the Fall 2022 Avian Fashion Show, coming to you live from the steamy [...]
Frogs for a Tomboy
I grew up a tomboy, climbing trees, building forts in the woods, and capturing frogs to play with in the yard. I had green frogs, [...]
Why the Resplendent Quetzal?
The Resplendent Quetzal is a bird watcher’s dream. To “tick” one requires near superhuman persistence. Since persistence is one of my strongest traits, this should [...]
Jewels of Nature
Unrealistic Goals? Jeff went to Costa Rica to photograph large and colorful birds. I went to photograph the smallest of them all, the hummingbird. These [...]
Toucans in Three Acts
Big or colorful birds. This is what I told our Costa Rican guide when he asked what birds I wanted to photograph. After a brief [...]
Rules of our Youth
Rules for everything! When I was very young, there were rules for everything. Do this. Don’t do that. One of my parents’ favorites was I [...]
Gorilla Carnival
The Setup To photograph Mountain Gorillas, you must want it. It is hard trip, hard to get to Uganda, hard to get to our hotel [...]