As a teenager, Michael began writing for a small naturalist journal in Pickering , Ontario . Over the next few years, his freelance efforts grew to include conservation articles, wildlife profiles, and experiential self-propelled outdoor adventuresports features. Today, Michael writes for a living as a public affairs specialist with an agency of the United States government, and his freelance work is concurrently conducted in order to promote eco-tourism and ecological stewardship, primarily by introducing readers to wilderness destinations and the diverse and elusive wildlife present in ecosystems across the world.  

Michael’s work has appeared in Borealis, Adventure West, Anglo-American Spotlight Verlag, Camping UK , Seasons, Canoe & Kayak, Paddler, and many other magazines and newspapers in Germany , Denmark , England , Canada , and the United States . Michael has also co-produced and conducted underwater videography on three televised documentary films (ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates in Seattle , Washington ) about the declining killer whale population in the Pacific Northwest .

Specialising in the combination of descriptive journalism and unique-perspective photography, Michael draws from a degree in Media Arts, and a post-graduate degree in corporate communications, both from Ontario , Canada . Michael has taught wildlife photography classes and delivered guest lectures on marine biology at various Puget Sound area colleges for the past six years, and has travelled as far away as northeastern Siberia to collect imagery. Michael and wife Nola and their two young sons Erik and Lars live in Lake Stevens , Washington State.