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Indonesia
First exploration to South East Asia took me to Bali and Sulawesi, formally Celebes, for two weeks in November 2000. Dr. Richard Kaae organized this trip for a group of his entomology students from Cal-Poly Pomona. In the 19th Century, Alfred Russel Wallace identified the Indonesia archipelago as the merging point between two different groups of fauna and flora differentiated by separate land masses during the last ice age. Sulawesi has a unique mixture of these distinct groups making it particularly rich in biodiversity. Most of my photography occurred near the town of Rantepao in the mountainous region called Tana Toraja. Moth photography was my predominant success during this trip.
Ecuador
My second trip to the Amazon took me to Eastern Ecuador for two weeks in November 1997. Organized by Expedition Travel Inc. and led by Dr. Patricio Ponce, I was lucky enough to spend one week photographing with Dr. Ed Ross, one of the best known US insect photographers. Partly because of equipment failure, I adopted and now strongly believe in Dr. Ross' technique of hand holding a side mounted flash unit while travelling as light as possible. I spent one week at Cabanas Alinahui and the second at Misahualli - both on the banks of the Rio Napo River. Ecuador proved fantastic for all insects other than butterflies. I spent several successful evenings photographing moths that flew in to the mercury vapor light.
Hawaii
I moved to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in November 1992. Hawaii has and continues to challenge my photographic skills. Because these islands are surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean, the vast majority of insects to colonize Hawaii arrived on the wind. As a result, many of Hawaii's 8,000 or so identified species are very small. Photographing tiny insects in the field is a close to impossible task and standard lens configurations simply do not produce sufficient magnification. This has forced me to adopt alternate techniques learned from Bill Mull, the master of Hawaiian insect photography. Future additions to the Entophiles records will include some of my Hawaiian material. I am now living on the island of Kauai. Hawaiian insects are an extremely interesting group to study due to their isolation. Many forms have adapted into strange forms. You'll find predatory Eupithacia caterpillars and Megalagrion damselfies with non-aquatic niad stages. These are both extreme adaptations unique to the Hawaiian Islands.
Brazil
In September 1991, I made my first trip to the Amazon. I spent two weeks in the vicinity of Frazenda Rancho Grande in Brazil's Rondonia State. No words can describe the incredible diversity and shear volume of insect life found in the South American Amazon basin. Despite extensive clear-cutting of primary forest, islands of virgin forest remain. Two weeks of intense photography included much hiking and endless hours of awe as I observed, stalked and photographed. There were so many butterflies that I returned with only a handful of non-butterfly photographs.
California
Although my passion for insects started in England, it was not until I moved to California in 1982 that I started exploring insect macrophotography. California offers a diverse spectrum of biotic zones including desert, rainforest and high alpine tundra. Inspired by my affiliations with the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, the Santa Monica Mountains in Southern California provided my initial exposure to the diversity of North American insects. My favorite areas to photograph in California include the Owens Valley high desert and the San Francisco Bay Area.
