Michael considers himself a naturalist first, and a photographer second. He has spent much of his career photographing the wildlife of Yellowstone National Park. He now lives and works in Alaska's interior on the northwestern edge of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
In Alaska Michael has photographed the boreal forest wildlife communities, tundra species of birds, mammals, fish, and smaller life forms and freshwater species of fish from the small dolly vardin to the big Chinook salmon.
"I am lucky to be doing what I love and being able to share what I see with my photographs is a dream come true."