Photography
I have always enjoyed photography, but it wasn't until I
bought a digital camera in 2009 that I started to pursue it as a hobby.
I particularly enjoy photographing the wildflowers of the Southern
Appalachians. Apparently I'm doing a decent enough job that some of my
images have been used in print and online.
Contest Winners and Nominations
The following pictures have won awards or nominations!
Botany Photos of the Day
A couple of my pictures have been featured by the
University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens website as
"Botany Photo of the Day."
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Solanum carolinense,
Botany Photo of the Day
on November 16, 2009. This plant was growing at Green Valley Park where
we usually have our Department Picnics. While the others are playing
soccer or swimming in the creek, I go around photographing plants...
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Arabidopsis thaliana,
Botany Photo of the Day
on March 10, 2010. Most interesting little plant ever! (Of course I may
be biased by the fact that this is the plant we're working on in my lab.)
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Polygonatum biflorum,
Botany Photo of the Day
on November 5, 2010. These images were taken at the Environmental
Studies area behind the Greenwood Parking lot at ASU. This is the hike
we usually do as a field trip with the Botany class in Fall semesters.
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Hydnophytum moseleyanum,
Botany Photo of the Day
on June 6, 2011. This plant resides in the ASU Biology Greenhouse. This
is an "ant plant" that grows internal chambers for ant colonization.
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Bazzania trilobata,
Botany Photo of the Day
on August 10, 2011. This is a leafy liverwort that I found growing
along a trail near Linville Falls. Identification help was provided by
the knowledgeable graduate students at the ASU Herbarium!
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Marchantia polymorpha,
Botany Photo of the Day
on April 30, 2013. This is a picture of the asexual reproductive structures (called gemmae) on our liverwort used in Botany class.
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Other Featured Photos
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This picture was used in the
Your World
magazine published by the Biotechnology Institute (Fall 2009, Vol. 18,
No. 1). It has also appeared in a few science-themed blogs and news
sites. Arabidopsis rules!
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This picture was used in the
"Gardening without harmful invasive plants"
brochure published in 2010 by Plantlife International. This magnolia is
growing right outside the Rankin Science building on the ASU campus.
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This picture was
Bryophyte Photo of the Week
on the International Association of Bryologists blog.
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This picture was picked up by the
State Library of North Carolina
for their website. People familiar with the area may recognize that road
as the Blue Ridge Parkway as seen from Yonahlossee Overlook.
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Pictures like these are getting used on all sorts of
science-themed blogs. It's fun to play with the camera at the lab!
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If you are interested in more of my photography, feel
free to check out my
Flickr site.
Some photo sets of interest:
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