About the photographer

David Blohm’s love for nature was kindled at an early age.

David still remembers his trip to Yosemite and the magic of the Firefall from Glacier Point. He was four years old. Since then, he has made many trips to Yosemite and experienced much of its grandeur, including one bear encounter. The damage of that encounter is still evident on the frame pack and tent that the bear decided to investigate.

Experiencing the outdoors was one of those simple pleasures that was easy to do in the 1950’s and it didn’t cost very much. His family spent many days in New Hampshire’s White Mountains picnicking and backpacking. Beginning at the age of eight, David spent a few summers at Berkshire Boys camp where he learned outdoor wilderness skills. There, at the age of ten, he went on a solo survival hike in which frog legs and wild blueberries were his principal diet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

David became interested in photography in the mid 1960’s when the introduction of the Kodak Instamatic and easy to use film popularized it for the average consumer. The Instamatic allowed David to experiment with subject and composition and his interest grew rapidly. He later served as the photo editor of his college newspaper where his interests turned to black and white film. He built the college darkroom and then one in his family’s home and pursued a variety of subjects.

But, photographing nature was always his primary interest. He continued to enhance his experience, knowledge and equipment and accomplish more of his objective – sharing his love for nature through his photos.

Then he got busy with life and career and his photography was “back-burnered”. Thirty years later, after a family with four children, two companies that he took public as CEO, and a diagnosis of MS, he is back pursuing his goal of bringing nature to people through his photography.

David hopes that his images allow you to experience nature as he does.