Biography

Daniel (Dan) Baradon is a Field Biologist.  His passion for wildlife photography goes back to his undergraduate thesis, The Life History of the Yellow-billed Magpie at Rancho El Chorro, San Luis Obispo County, California, where he observed, annotated and photgraphed the behavior, interaction and socialization of the Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) in a natural setting over a 2 year period.  The Yellow-billed Magpie is only found on the central coast of California and nowhere else in the world. Also during this time, he pursued many artistic endeavors that ranged from Art, Landscape, Wildlife Photography, and Stained Glass to lost-wax cast sculpture and jewelry. After a long layoff from Photography, he has come back to his roots. With the support of his family and friends, he has rediscovered his passion for a wide number of genres within the photographic medium. His passion for photographing people, musical artists, wildlife, landscapes, and the western United States and all its treasures is reborn in many of his recent award-winning works. Living in Florida and the beautiful Gulf Coast on and off for the last 33 years has provided him with an open canvas for wildlife photography and the beauties present here. He is a member of Quayside Art Gallery in Pensacola, Florida.