Ric Merry Photo



I'm happy to say at this time that I'm not a professional photographer in the sense that it pays the mortgage or determines what I must shoot in order to survive. I am professional in my pursuit of the craft. My skills, vision, ethics and how I treat my subjects are all very professional and I work very hard to continually improve in something I shall never say I've completely mastered. I shoot what makes me happy not what makes me money, the two seem often at odds. I don't make my living from my photography but live fuller because of it. I wouldn't so much call photography a hobby for me, it's more of an obsession, a vision to pursue, an itch that must be scratched. The current focus of my ever changing vision is in no particular order: Showing women who think they're nothing special just how great they can look in my pictures. These sessions begin at $100 Glamour & fashion Bodyscapes/Figure Art/Fine Art Outdoor Fine Portraiture Maternity & Infant Photography Street Photography Seasonal opportunities such as in sub-alpine wild flowers.

	Models
If you'd like to work with me please email me. You don't need to be a "model" to model for me. In fact I'd like to work more with athletes, dancers, yoga practitioners and outdoor enthusiasts. I'm always looking for local talent interested in doing ongoing projects with me.	The images on this page represent older images and a very small sampling of my work. I find myself gravitating to other sites that are easier to upload images on to than my own, thanks Microsoft (*see note under Revised Date)		I have interest in working with some people on a time for print (TFP) or time for CD (TFCD) basis. This means that in exchange for modeling I give you professional prints &/or images on CD ready for the web and/or print.

Birds	Flowers	Mountains, Landscapes	Studio & Other

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"A master, in the art of living, draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation.
He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine if he is working or playing.
To himself he always seems to be doing both."
- J. Michener