Ron Everhart has always been a naturalist at heart. While he was a young boy he carried spiders and other small critters home from school. He generally had something wild living in his home whether it was a skunk that was not descended or a rattlesnake. Quickly he became a herpetologist. His favorite creatures on the earth are rattlesnakes and alligators. While Ron was in the military Ron was sharply reprimanded both on the Mohave Desert and in Korea about his forgetting to be a soldier to pursue the local reptiles and amphibians. During his travels with the military, his life began to change. A camera was purchased to record the people he knew and the landscape. It was there he realized his nature studies and photography went hand in hand and his art was born.After returning to the United States he attended the New York Institute of photography while it was still a resident school. Things changed again for Ron as he learned how different lighting situations affected the subject. He graduated with an appreciation for light that would change his photography forever. Early in Ron's career he shot a lot of film taking pictures of everything in sight but was not satisfied with his work. Then he had an encounter with two of the world's best photographers David Muench and Ansel Adams. Ron's photography changed for good. No longer did he shoot, shoot and shoot some more. He began studying the subject before picking up the camera. It is not unusual for him to walk away from a subject until another time or season.When Ron told me it took him three years to get a picture of a huge oak tree at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, I was not surprised. The fact that he and Jim Eash paddled the two mile shoreline of Fish Lake and Ron only took three pictures tells what a particular photographer he has become.His becoming particular has not diminished his love for nature, but has enhanced it greatly. He is “out and about” when the weather is bad for tourist and “perfect” for photographers. “I'll take a foggy morning over sunshine any day of the week,” he said quietly. “I love the quiet mood filled mornings when no one else is there, just me, nature and our creator.”When Ron became employed at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, little did he know things were going to change again! Two fellow employees asked him to teach them photography. Nine months later he taught his photography class. This led to teaching at IUPUI in their continuing education program. He has ta