Rob in the desert
Robert Hammer
Salt Lake City, Utah
Background: I was born and raised in Salt Lake and Davis Counties,
and currently live in Salt Lake City. I work as a financial analytics
manager for a local healthcare provider.
I took up birding in my mid-40s, around 2010, frequenting several popular
locations along the Wasatch Front. More recently, my photographic interests
have broadened to focus on less likely locations, primarily remote desert
mountain areas that have been reserved since the early 1970s for wild horse
populations. I recently launched a non-commercial web site to document my
visits to these little-known and rarely visited areas, and regularly include
photos of birds I meet while tracking mustangs in these locations. These
photos, along with general descriptions of and detailed directions to these
areas are available completely free of charge to anyone interested at
www.wildhorsetourist.com.
Equipment / Photography: I use a very basic setup: a Canon Rebel T3 DSLR with a
55x250 IS lens, generally set to auto-focus. It’s relatively light, compact,
and quick on the draw for those unexpected encounters that appear without
warning, vanishing almost before you realize what is happening. A large
percentage of my photographs are taken from the cab of my Jeep, having hit
the brakes and grabbed my camera from the passenger seat to capture a
fleeting moment.
Web Site:
www.wildhorsetourist.com.
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