ROBERT FALLS

Is a full-time professional wildlife and nature photographer, based in northern Alabama, with more than twenty-five years experience. His work has been published in every form currently available, including CD ROM and internet, and has been included in numerous books.

His publishing credits include National Geographic Books, Abbeville Publishing, National Wildlife Federation, Chanticleer Publishing, and the Audubon Society. Magazines that have featured Robert's work include Outdoor Photographer, Nature Photographer, Outside Magazine, River Magazine, and Outdoor Traveler. The National Park Service has included Robert's images in their publications at two park locations and one image has been included in a postage stamp by the US Postal Service.

In addition to photography, Robert also writes about environmental subjects and his book "Exploring Gulf Islands National Seashore" (available at Amazon.Com) was published in 2001. His book “Discovering Alabama Wetlands,” co-authored by Dr. Doug Phillips, was published in 2002 and was awarded “ForeWord Magazine’s” Silver Award for Book of the Year in their Nature category. Two more books about Alabama were released in the fall of 2006, and another book is currently in production.

"My extensive experience in nature and wildlife photography has endowed me with a broad based knowledge of these fields, yet I feel that I learn something from every image that I create. If nothing else, it teaches me that humankind still has a great deal to learn about our environment. My heritage is part Cherokee, and I think we could all benefit from Native American ideas about living on, and with, the 'Mother Earth.'

"A friend, who is associated with the Alabama Museum of Natural History, once stated that we silly humans 'are more concerned with fashion, or soap operas on television, than we are about the environment that we live in.' I think he has hit right on the mark! My observations of our natural world indicate that our mindless development of the land and consumption of its resources are approaching disaster proportions. If we do not begin a responsible stewardship of our environment, a day will come when we all will live in a 'virtual world' whether we wish to or not."

"Over the years I have tried almost every type of photography, and I find wildlife to be the most challenging and therefore the most interesting. I am never happier than when studying a critter through a long lens and anticipating the moment when it finally accepts my presence as non-threatening and allows me to share a small part of its day."

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