Experience Rick’s amazing wildlife photography, showcasing the magic of birds in flight, fireflies mating in twilight fields, luminous bees, newborn praying mantis nymphs emerging from their egg cases, and many more beautiful up-close encounters with the natural world.

Rick also shares personal and humorous anecdotes, including experiencing some pretty spectacular bites and stings in some pretty uncomfortable places.

Each presentation can be tailored for a specific audience, from children to adults and seniors, given in schools, places of worship and community centers.

For book clubs, Rick will discuss the creation and publication process of STEP GENTLY OUT, his book in collaboration with award-winning poet Helen Frost, to be published in Spring 2012 from Candlewick Press.

Rick’s wildlife images have been featured in a special exhibit at the Detroit Zoo, and published in magazines and books worldwide, including Natural History Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, ORION, Greenpeace Germany and Whisper in the Woods.

The presentation fee begins at $250, plus travel and lodging expenses if needed. Each presentation is unique and is based on your organization’s needs.

To schedule a presentation or discuss the needs of your organization, contact Rick.

Presentation Schedule:

• January 18, 2012: Crossroads Sierra Club
• March 17-18, 2012:
    Exhibit, book signing. Oak Park, MI @ Book Beat
• April 2012:
    Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Exhibit, book signing.

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Past events:

• October 2011: Grosse Pointe Audubon
      “The World in your Backyard”
• May 2011: Macomb Audubon Society
  “Backyard Eden: The World Overhead & Underfoot”
• April 2011: Royal Oak Nature Society
  “The Unseen Microwilderness”
• November 2010: Hardy Plant Society
  “The Green Universe In Your Yard”

Testimonials:

• “Well, you did it! You could have heard a pin drop at your presentation at Macomb Audubon. Everyone was mesmerized at the spectacular shots, midair of birds and bugs. Your presentation was our highlight of the month!”
  ♦ Macomb Audubon Society
      Macomb County, MI

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• “My husband and I attended Rick’s presentation at the Grosse Pointe Audubon Society. We were utterly astonished at the stunning glimpse into the normally invisible world of both bug and bird.
  
    From hour upon hour of patient waiting and seeking, Rick gleans exquisite moments of daring, aerial brinksmanship, tenderness and even scenes echoing “Romeo and Juliet”!
    Although most of us walk (or perhaps stomp) through our day thinking that nothing in the grass or air bears any direct relationship to us and our magnificent concerns, Rick shows us that at our very feet lie worlds that are every bit as important and complex.
    The video that showed the deep pulse of a firefly’s light becomes as meaningful and as much a beacon for guidance as a lighthouse. When I left at the end of the evening some of my habits had forever changed and I do indeed step out more gently.
    Thank you, Rick, for showing us this amazing world.”
  ♦ Erica Chappuis
      Grosse Pointe Park, MI

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• “Rick’s images are beautiful, yes, but they are so much more than pretty pictures. They are a thought-provoking journey into a world that is nearby but one that we rarely pause to consider. The best benefit of Rick’s presentation is that viewers are rewarded with insight.”
  ♦ Bill Rapai – Grosse Pointe Audubon
      Grosse Pointe, MI

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• “This evening I went to Rick’s presentation for the Grosse Pointe Audubon Society. The time fled by as Rick showed us slide after slide and video after video of his utterly magnificent photos of micro-life (the critters who share our ordinary yards yet present themselves in extraordinary ways) and of common backyard birds in flight.
      The drama is astounding: a starling grabbing another’s beak in flight! A sparrow putting his claws on a rival’s throat, also in flight! A fledgling grackle begging for food from the parent, with its foot on the parent’s shoulder.
        These are not only magically beautiful, but they show us actions that are stunning and that go unseen.”
  ♦ Anca Vlasopolos
      Author “The New Bedford Samurai”