January 2009: Warren Greene
Like most other outdoor photographers I have been fascinated by the natural world as far back as I can remember. I can still vividly remember how, as a child, I was always pursuing and catching various insects and one day I caught a Ruby-throated Hummingbird that I mistook for some type of butterfly. As a teenager I expanded my horizons, and became especially interested in reptiles and amphibians.
It wasn’t until I graduated college in 1975 that I became interested in photography and purchased my first camera. My motivation at the time was watching the fascinating behavior of a pair of Blue Jays raising their young in my parents’ backyard.
As someone who has a full time job and a family I have mostly, with a few exceptions, confined my photography to my home area of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. When I am fortunate enough to capture a really good shot it is my hope that by sharing it with others that they will be able to experience and appreciate the beauty of that moment, and feel the same sense of fascination with the natural world that I have felt since I was a child.
About Warren
Warren Greene has had a lifelong love of nature and the outdoors. He lives in upstate NY with his wife and two sons, and whenever possible he is busy capturing beautiful images of Adirondack nature. He has had hundreds of images published in various books, calendars, and magazines, including regional magazines such as Adirondack Life, and The Conservationist, and many national publications such as WildBird and Birds and Blooms.
Warren is a co-author of Birds of the Adirondacks and his images are represented by VIREO, the prestigious stock photo agency at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, PA.
Birds, scenery, amphibians, reptiles, wildflowers, butterflies, insects and more capture Warren’s interest, and he spends many days afield either observing, or photographing nature. Warren often leads photographic Workshops, with a favorite being his Spring Bluebird Workshop and he is constantly giving slideshow presentations at various museums and festivals as well as, for birding groups and civic groups.
While Warren has kept abreast of the technological advances with camera equipment, despite the onslaught of the digital photography revolution he still proudly shoots a manual focus Leica film camera.
