Eric Hunt

Eric has been volunteering with OrchidMania for a little over 4 years. He recently accepted the job of President and has watched his free time dwindle even more, but not in a bad way. In addition to helping out with plant culture at the OM greenhouse on a regular basis, Eric also makes time to work on photographing the blooming plants. As Eric says on his personal website:

"Photography was my passion before I found orchids, and now that I have a good handle on the orchid world, I am combining the two. The combination of having no growing space myself along with my belief in sharing information through the Internet, I have started a personal photo archive of orchid species. The Bay Area is full of people seriously interested in the growing and conservation of orchid species, and I am doing my part to give back to the greater world orchid community by putting orchid species photographs" on the Internet.

At right: Eric (in the orange shirt) helps a couple shoppers select a Masdevallia at an OrchidMania Mother's Day sale.

Eric uses a Nikon N80 with a Macro Ringflash for most of his orchid photography. His photos are used by individuals and orchid societies around the world for educational purposes. He has contributed photographs to the Orchids of Southeast Asia CD-ROM project, produced by the National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Read more about his shooting techniques here.