He is the author and photographer of The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite, Yosemite Meditations, Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters, and ebook Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom with Craft and Vision. He is also prominently featured in the book Landscape: The World's Top Photographers. He has written numerous magazine articles on the art and technique of photography, and his images have been published in over thirty countries around the world, including the magazines National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, American Photo, Sunset,Texas Highways, Britain's Professional Photographer, and Russia's Foto & Video. Michael has lived either in or near Yosemite National Park since 1983, currently residing just outside the park in Mariposa, California with his wife Claudia and son Kevin.