As a wildlife biologist, I like to take a good photograph of a whole animal close enough to see not only its identifying characteristics, but also something of the animal’s condition or behaviour, such as whether pregnant or alarmed to trying to hide.

These are usually not very artistic, but that is my goal. Beyond this, I sometimes sacrifice a close portrait of a species to include its habitat or interactions with others of its species, or with other species. These to me are more interesting, and if they rise to the level of good landscape photography, so much the better.

Finally, I try to document rare and endangered species: some of those included in this collection have never before been photographed, and are therefore included in the Mammal Images Library of the American Society of Mammalogists, which seeks to have one good photograph of every species of mammal.

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