E.J. was born in 1960 in Augsburg, Germany and moved to Ohio in 1969. E.J. attended Purdue University and earned a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. He also completed graduate studies in Microelectronics and Semiconductor Physics and worked for the Intel Corporation for 27 years before retiring. E.J. has two sons, Nicholas and Gregory, and has lived in Chandler, Arizona since 1994. E.J. is a professional freelance photographer and has formally studied photography at the University of New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. He specializes in artistic images of ducks and teaches bird photography through his DuckShop™ workshops. E.J.'s first photographic love, however, is landscape photography. His photographs have been published worldwide in books, advertising, magazines, billboards, murals and more. Some of his clients include The Smithsonian Institution, The American Museum of Natural History, The National Geographic Society, The National Parks Service, US Fish and Wildlife, the United States Navy, State Parks Arizona, Barrons, Dorling Kindersley and many wildlife parks around the world. Visit his website at:

www.ejphoto.com