I have just accepted a full-time position working for an outdoor education company as a field instructor.  I will be working at Wildcat Mountain, located in Waywayanda State Park in West Milford, NJ for Project U.S.E. (www.projectuse.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality, memorable outdoor education experiences to individuals through ropes courses, rock [...]

I flipped this adult Eastern Worm Snake while herping/photographing with Chris in the New Jersey Pine Barrens last week.  We drove a bunch of dirt roads hoping to find rocks, logs, and artificial cover to turn, and I found this snake under a wood pallet dumped in the woods.  Worm Snakes are small, brown snakes [...]

One of my new species discovered this weekend was the Redbelly Snake, a small snake, either rust or dark gray in color with a belly that ranges from orange to red to pink.  Collectively, our group found eight Redbelly Snakes, including this small individual.  I tried to get this snake to pose with part of [...]

I just got back from Lycoming County, PA where I spent the weekend herping with Chris and several friends.  Combined, we found over 300 herps on Saturday and Sunday, including three lifers for me, Spring Salamander, Mountain Dusky Salamander, and Redbelly Snake.  I also found the only Northern Water Snake of the trip, a baby [...]

One of the lightlights of our rainy day Tuesday herping trip was finding Longtail Salamanders, one of the species Chris had really wanted to see and photograph.  Our friend Jeff had a great spot for them and we were able to find a couple dozen of the species, including some rather cooperative individuals like this [...]

Yesterday, Chris and I met up with some friends we met through a herping forum and tried our hand at herping in some of the most miserable May weather conditions.  We had planned to find some new snakes - in particular Timber Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Milk Snakes, and Eastern Hognose Snakes - to photograph, but the [...]

Yesterday Chris and I met a friend Kyle to do some herping in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.  We ended up having a very successful day, finding and photographing several species, including six species that I had never seen nor photographed before.  Our finds for the day included: 10 Carpenter Frogs (lifer and new stock [...]

Earlier this week, Chris drove up to New Jersey in order to see me graduate today.  So yesterday we made a trip to a local state park to do a little herping.  Combined we found 25 Two-lined Salamanders, 18 Redback Salamanders, 5 Northern Dusky Salamanders, and 5 Pickerel Frogs (and also a shrew).  I had [...]

Well, I hope you guys aren’t tired of spring photographs of Eastern Redbuds in bloom yet, because I still have a few more to share.  Despite student teaching and classes finally being over, I haven’t been out shooting nearly as much as I’d like.  Instead, I’ve been working long hours trying to make up for [...]

I wanted to take the opportunity to publically wish my mom a Happy Mother’s Day!  I am very fortunate that my mom has sacrificed so much for me, and given me the opportunity to travel locally and pursue nature photography to the extent that I have.  Without my mom’s love and support, I never would [...]