I first started trying to photograph hummingbirds in 2003
with on-camera flash, using the flash as the predominate light
source. In 2004, I bought some cheap flash heads on eBay, made
some foam core softboxes and began trying to get
"portraits" of these little birds. This method
immediately raised issues concerning the backgrounds that I am
still trying to solve. My ongoing results are in the galleries
below.