I’m a photographer and graphic designer based in Davis, California. I became fascinated by photography and photographers when I was a kid. I even attended workshops at the Friends of Photography in Carmel in my mid- to late-teens. In college I took a detour into botany and vegetation ecology. In my first career I worked on plant surveys, wetland delineations, and habitat restoration plans at an environmental consulting firm.

After some years, I returned to visually creative interests, becoming a graphic designer focused mainly on maps, technical/scientific information graphics, and visual simulations. This is my day job today, and I’m still at the same environmental consulting firm in Sacramento, California.


My stock photography portfolio is at iStockphoto and my blog is at Wordpress.

I'm also on the web at:
Flickr and Flickriver
Behance.net
File Magazine
Linked-In

Email: tmessick1[at]gmail.com

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