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Michael Lopes

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Michael Lopes

I've been interested in photography since I was in my twenties.   After purchasing a Sony mirrorless in 2016 I fell back in love with photography.   About the same time I started photographing hummingbirds in my back yard in Ben Lomond, California.   Since getting back into photography I've taken several trips,  one of them was to Tanzania where I got the experience of photographing animals on a much larger scale than my hummingbirds.  

I also volunteer at the Santa Cruz SPCA taking photographs of pets for their adoption website.  I always enjoy the special moment where I can capture an expression of human or a wild animal.

Fast forward to 2021.  With the COVID pandemic I started doing sports photography.   I started out with surfing, then did some Indy racing at Laguna Seca.   The skill to take hummingbird photos transferred easily to fast moving humans.  I'm finding that humans appreciate a great photograph of themselves much more than the birds.

Ziemak DDS
Gear
Awards and Exhibitions

Sony A9

Sony A7 RIV

Sony A6300

100-400 zoom

24-70 zoom

600 f4 prime

California State Fair

2022 Award of Excellence

2022 Award of Merit 

2020 Coastal Arts League Exhibition

Santa Cruz County Fair

2021 Second Place

2021 Honorable Mention

2019 Third Place

2019 Honorable Mention

2019 Honorable Mention
2018 Honorable Mention

2018 Honorable Mention

2017 Second Place

2017 Honorable Mention

2017 Honorable Mention

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