Contact me at me@derekramsey.com.
Photography
NOTE: For my latest photography, newly posted on Monday mornings, go here.
I’m a freelance photographer, focusing mostly on nature photography. My interest in photography started when I noticed that many Wikipedia articles lacked freely licensed high quality images. A large number of my photos have been since been used there. My work has been used in a number of books and publications, including a cover article in the American Botanical Council’s HerbalGram journal. Every so often while I’m on vacation, I’ll stop in at a botanical garden and find one of my photos used on a sign or brochure.
My work can be found here:
- Periodic Photography posts on my blog (typically, every Monday)
- Portfolio of uploaded images, freely available for use under copyleft license(s)
- Wikimedia Commons featured pictures and quality images
- List of publications.
Interests
Early in the days of Wikipedia, under my user account “User:Ram-Man“, I started editing with a software program that was later named “Rambot“. I added over 33,000 articles increasing the number of Wikipedia articles by 60%. Some people think that was great and others dislike me greatly for it. Over more than a decade, there have been many mentions in magazines, books, academia, and other web articles. See the list of works.
Tibial Hemimelia
My daughter has bilaterial tibial hemimelia, a one-in-3-million condition. Thanks to Dr. Dror Paley and the Paley Institute, she has taken the successful journey to walk. For more information on TH see the Tibial Hemimelia page.
Personal
I hold a B.S. in Computer Science and a M.S. in Software Development and Management, both from the Rochester Institute of Technology. I am a Software Engineering Manager.
Essays
As per my random blogging (see the sidebar), I’ve written many opinion essays. See this list of essays for a selection of the major topical series.