David Cardinal bio:

David Cardinal is a long-time wildlife photographer who specializes in North American mammals and birds. His images of creatures in the wild help communicate the importance of our natural heritage and our responsibility to preserve it. David's clients include non-profit and socially responsible institutions such as California State Parks Foundation, the City of Palo Alto, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Bay Trails, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Bay Nature and Western Birding magazines. David's work is part of the permanent exhibit at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Center and has been featured in exhibitions at the Palo Alto Civic Center, the Seipp Gallery in Palo Alto, The Works gallery in San Jose, the Watsonville Wetlands Nature Center, on calparks.org, and on portolavalley.net. David is co-author with Moose Peterson of The D1 Generation, and has had his articles and images appear in publications including Outdoor Photographer, Studio Photography & Design, Photoshop User, PC Magazine and Dr Dobbs Journal.  

David leads a limited number of wildlife and nature photo safaris, through cardinalphoto.com

David is the founder of Pro Shooters, which produces the award winning DigitalPro for Windows--software for organizing and managing your digital images--and nikondigital.org, the leading information website for serious digital shooters-with over 100,000 unique visitors each month-as well as DigitalPro Shooter, a leading bi-monthly newsletter for digital photographers with over 15,000 readers. David's background also includes many years of technical consulting on topics ranging from digital image management to color digital imaging for both Fortune 500 companies and the US Government. 

You can learn more about David and his photography at http://www.cardinalphoto.com, and about DigitalPro at http://www.proshooters.com.

Clients Include:

  • California State Parks Foundation
  • SFBBO
  • Point Reyes Bird Observatory
  • California Department of Fish & Game
  • US Fish & Wildlife Service
  • KPCB (Kleiner-Perkins)
  • Sybex (John Wiley & Sons)
  • Peachpit Press
  • Pierce Landscaping
  • Silver Salmon Creek Lodge
  • Microsoft & MSN Photo
  • Silicon Valley Audubon
  • Sequoia Audubon
  • Cities of Watsonville, Palo Alto and Portola Valley
  • Bay Trails project, Association of Bay Area Governments
  • American Prairie Foundation
  • Smith Barney (Client Talk on Digital Photography)
  • Lexar Imaging, Lexar Pro Photographer
  • Atalasoft
  • Draper, Inc.
  • Profile Press / BBC Books
  • Bio-Habitats (Endangered Species Consulting firm)
  • Lensbabies
   

Publications Include:

   

Exhibits, Shows & selected talks include:

  • BBC Wildlife Contest 2007, 1 finalist, 5 semi-finalist images
  • NANPA Expression 2008, featured image
  • Allegro Gallery Woodside, Ca, Permanent Collection
  • One artist show, Atherton Library, Atherton, 2007
  • Talk on Raw Files, Google Corporation, Mt. View, 2007
  • One artist show, Allegro Fine Art, Portola Valley, 2007
  • Natures Inspirations, Committee for Green Foothills, 2006
  • One artist show, Seipp Gallery, Palo Alto, 2006
  • Alviso Centeniel at The Works Gallery, San Jose
  • Photos on permanent display at Palo Alto Baylands
  • Photos on permanent display at Watsonville Wetlands
  • Photos on display for Earth Day, Palo Alto Civic Center
  • Guest Photographer, Innaugural Digital Landscape Workshop Series, Moab, Utah
  • NANPA 2007 Showcase Award winner
  • Allegro Framing & Art Gallery (April, 2007)
  • Birds of the Bay Area, Bay Area Bird Photographers
  • Cambodia & Burma, Bay Area Bird Photographers
  • Animals of Central Alaska, Bay Area Bird Photographers
  • Guest Photographer, DLWS Yosemite
  • Birds & Bears of the Cook Inlet, Bay Area Bird Photographers & Sequoia Audubon
  • Cambodia & Burma, Sequoia Audubon and Bay Area Bird Photographers
  • Photographing on Safari, Wildlife Photographers of Silicon Valley
  • Group co-Lead & Photo Instructor, Wilderness Safaris, Botswana & Namibia
  • Sulawesi, Wildlife & Culture, Bay Area Bird Photographers
  • Group Leader & Photo Instructor, Southeast Asia Safaris
  • Group Leader & Photo Instructor, Alaska Grizzly & Puffin Safaris
  • Group Leader & Photo Instructor, Birds of the Bay Area
  • Group Leader & Photo Instructor, Monterey Bay Mammals & Birds
  • Group Leader & Photo Instructor, Michigan Fall Color Workshops

Links to Selected PC Magazine Articles online

Make Your Photos Great! 
Product Guides > Article - 2005-03-16 -
We turned to two of our frequent contributors, David Cardinal and Galen Fott, to show you how it's done. David, a ...

Tips for better Point & Shoot Photography, April 2008

Photoshop Editing Expert Tips, June 2008

Securing your e-Mail & Messaging, Adding Items to Outlook, 2008

Location, Location, Location 
Expert Help > Help - 2005-11-16
... or Google Maps. David Cardinal is a professional photographer and software author. Visit his site, www.proshooters.com. Make your ...

Landscape 
Product Guides > Article - 2005-03-16 - Ben Gottesman
Ben Gottesman Expert: David Cardinal Image Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS Arches Park in Utah has many spectacular photo opportunities ...

Candid 
Product Guides > Article - 2005-03-16 - Ben Gottesman
Ben Gottesman Expert: David Cardinal Image Editor: Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10 Halloween shots are guaranteed to be colorful, but ...

Photos in the RAW 
Expert Help > Article - 2004-08-17
... David Cardinal is a professional photographer and software author. He publishes the Web site nikondigital.org as an information ...

Troubleshooting Your Images 
Expert Help > Article - 2004-12-22
... Continue to get to know your camera's capabilities and settings. For more, read " Know Your Camera ". David Cardinal is a professional nature photographer. ...

Sports 
Product Guides > Article - 2005-03-16 - Ben Gottesman
Ben Gottesman Expert: David Cardinal Image Editor: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Pro-sports images are typified by close-ups of action ...

Digital Photography Travel Tips 
Expert Help > Help - 2005-06-01
... David Cardinal is a professional photographer and software author. He publishes the Web site www.nikondigital.org (an information ...

DARPA Grand Challenge Preview 
News and Analysis > News - 2005-10-03
... Click here to see the slideshow: DARPA Grand Challenge Preview. David Cardinal is a professional photographer and software author. ...

Everyday Photography 
Product Guides > Article - 2006-05-31 - Cade Metz
... When wildlife photographer David Cardinal isn't writing articles on digital photography for PC Magazine, he's leading photo safaris to all corners of the world ...

Cool Camera Projects 
Expert Help > Article - 2004-05-04
... David Cardinal is a professional photographer and software author. He publishes the Web site www.nikondigital.org (an information ...

Beyond Point-and-Shoot 
Product Guides > Article - 2002-08-01
... David Cardinal is a professional wildlife photographer, author, and software developer. He is co-author of The D1 Generation (Moose ...

Architecture 
Product Guides > Article - 2005-03-16 - Ben Gottesman
Ben Gottesman Expert: David Cardinal Image Editor: Paint Shop Pro 9 Like many sunrises, this one, taken through a temple archway ...

Vista Tip: Readyboost 
Expert Help > Article - 2007-03-06
... it out to use it in your camera. — David Cardinal, freelance writer. With Vista's ReadyBoost, you can use any high-performance ...

IE7 Tip: IE Without Add-Ons 
Expert Help > Article - 2007-03-14
... You can also manage which add-ons are enabled, in Tools | Manage Add-ons, after you've started IE7. — David Cardinal, freelance writer. ...

Vista Tip: Raw Images 
Expert Help > Article - 2007-03-14
... David Cardinal, freelance writer. Vista's new Photo Gallery is powerful and flexible, but out of the box, it works with JPEG and TIFF images only. ...

 

Articles online about David Cardinal

Portola Valley photographer David Cardinal shares his 'World Views' in exhibition, The Almanac, April 4, 2007

Tech-savvy Photographer, ECM Blog, April 2008

Not just another pretty bird, The Almanc, April 25, 2007

Destinations: Shooting wildlife with a camera, The Almanac, June 29, 2005

Nature's Inspirations features local artists, The Almanac, October 4, 2006

Preserving Parkland with a Camera, California State Parks Parklands Magazine, August 8, 2003

Other Affiliations:

David is on the board of Pictopia, Inc

Cardinal Photo is an affliate of Amazon & B&H Photo

David's images are available from:

A limited number of David's Stock images are available from:

Allegro Gallery in Woodside, California

For prints and a full selection of images please email stock [at] cardinalphoto.com