My name is Joe Piotrowski and I am a bird watcher and amateur Photographer living in Williamsburg,Va. Photography has been a hobby since I was developing film in my closet darkroom in high school 40 years ago. Those days I had a 4x5 Toyo View Camera and was an avid Zone System Nerd. I am glad those stinky, slimy days are over. Film is dead! Now I take my trusty Canon 30D(now Mark III) with 4.5-5.6L IS 100-400 Zoom and Tripod(with cable release-some things never change) into the wilds and capture information. I use my dual monitor computer and the many Adobe programs (Lightroom and CS2 the most) to transform poor technique into art. Golly Gee, I guess I’m still a nerd-some things never change.
This is my wife Anita, son Chris(Mechanical Engineering at Va Tech), and daughter Alex(Graduated from Radford). They obviously get their looks from their mother.
Daughters Stephanie on the right and Erika on the left are both at Va Tech.
Nala and Annie complete the crew.
We are an adventurous family and love to do many different activities together.
My wife and I love nature and enjoy backpacking whenever my time permits. Here is a picture of me on the Appalacian Trail in the Western part of Virginia. My wife is the photographer in this one.
I also get some stargazing in to complete the geek factor.
But travel is my main passion and I have been to Just about every state except Alaska. Hey, what a great idea! Travelocity here I come!