Mike Shipman

Blue Planet Photography, LLC

Boise, ID, USA
Through Blue Planet Photography, I teach photography and lead workshops. I'm a former wildlife biologist interested and skilled in environmental editorial, travel, corporate, industrial, and general interest.

Work Experience

Mike Shipman Photography

Owner/Photographer

Photography for travel, environmental, editorial, industrial, product, corporate, advertising/marketing, annual report. Clients include Orvis, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Colorado State University, Loyola Marymount University, PDX Magazine, U.S. Silver, U-Haul, Travel Oregon, Idaho Dept of Tourism, McCall Magazine, AAA Magazine, DieselTech Magazine. In the field or studio, I will travel anywhere.
March 2004 - Nampa, Idaho, United States

Blue Planet Photography, LLC

Owner/Photographer

Lead photography workshops and teach classes world-wide, fine art photography prints; museum quality and alternative process (cyanotype). Commissioned fine art portraits welcome (I love to collaborate on projects). Workshop locations: Iceland, Scotland, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Maine, British Columbia - everywhere. Group classes and one-on-one instruction locally and across the country ranging from beginning to Photoshop and Business of Photography.
January 1998 - Idaho, United States

Ogden Environmental

Research Associate & Consultant

Conducted behavioral observations of bighorn sheep in response to military overflights in a remote canyon area, wrote a bald eagle management plan for a new ski resort in central Idaho
Boise, Idaho, United States

US Forest Service

Field Tech

Conducted field research on endangered spotted frogs in northern Nevada
Nevada, United States

USFWS NERC

Museum/Research Tech

Collected, prepped, cataloged, and curated museum specimens in research collection
Colorado, United States

Denver Mus. Of Natural History

Curatorial Associate - Zoology Dept

Collected, prepped, curated museum specimens for research collection, conducted field studies on raptor migration
Colorado, United States

Education

Boise State University

M.S. Raptor Biology (in progress)

Boise, Idaho, United States

Lincoln University

none - Ecology emphasis

Lincoln, New Zealand

Colorado State University

B.S. Wildlife Biology

Colorado, United States

Skills

Commercial Photography, Dreamweaver CS5, Editorial, Portrait Photography, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Corporate, Environmental, Fine Art, Industrial, Travel Photography,

Professional Memberships

ASMP - American Society of Media Photographers APA - American Photographic Artists EP - Editorial Photographers NANPA - North American Nature Photography Association