I am a native of Brazil, residing in California since 1990. I've been shooting mostly birds, off and on, for the past 10 years. Lately I've been enjoying other facets of photography, especially people and surfing.
  I have not tried to sell my images, but felt like creating a website where I could share them with people who enjoy birds and the outdoors
as much as I do. 		 
  The images in the galleries have all been made in California, from Klamath NWR to the Salton Sea and a few places in between, with the vast majority having been made in Southern California.
Most of the images were made with Canon digital SLR cameras, with the remainder having been shot on Fuji transparency film and then scanned. Most of the images are full frame;
images that have been cropped are clearly marked with either the word "crop" or the letter "x."
There are no wildly retouched images here!
No branches removed, no catchlights added, no undisclosed cropping. I always shoot in RAW mode, then make sharpness, contrast, and saturation adjustments before converting the files to JPEG for this site. I understand the allure of Photoshop, to radically transform a mediocre image into a sellable one, but I choose to remain true to my photography. If the shot is not that great I'll try again tomorrow. :-)

     Thank you very much for taking the time to visit!

 
 
 For those interested in photographic equipment, here's my current set-up:

 Canon bodies:
-EOS 5D MkII (digital)
-EOS 7D (digital)
-EOS Elan 7N (film)
Canon Lenses:
-EF 500mm f4L IS with matching 1.4x and 2x teleconverters
-EF 300mm f2.8L
-EF 70-200mm f2.8L
-EF 24-85mm f3.5-4.5
-EF-17-40mm f4L
-580EX II and 550EX Speedlites; home-made flash extender; Wimberley flash bracket; Canon CP-E4 battery pack, and Canon OC-E3 off-camera shoe cord.
-GITZO 1325 CF tripod with leveling base; Arca-Swiss B1 ballhead, Wimberley Sidekick.

   I have pretty much retired my tripod in favor of a GITZO GM5540 carbon fiber monopod that I use with a Wimberley Sidekick.  It's a wonderful combination that allows for a great deal more freedom when photographing birds in flight. My friend Leon at SocalAstro machined a beautiful piece of aluminum (photo 1 ,photo2) that was needed to make the Sidekick work on the monopod. With this set-up, the monopod does the panning, and the Sidekick does the tilting. The lens feels "weightless" once it's properly balanced.