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Lifes A Zoo

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About Me


Note: I am the photographer of all the pictures used on my profile and blog including the background except for the banners for Animal Conservation Organizations that are listed under my heroes section.

Please do not blog my pictures, print, or use them in anyway. My pictures are "Copyrighted" and are marked "All Rights Reserved"

If you would like to use any of my photos you can find many of them through my stock photo site at http://www.dreamstime.com/lifesazoo_info

I am an Animal Photographer that loves taking pictures at the the San Francisco Zoo , Happy Hollow Zoo , and animals that are out in the wild.

I support the San Francisco Zoo as a Member, A zoo parent to Lions, Tigers, Bears and River Otters and I also donate my pictures to them for the zoo to use. I also support Happy Hollow Zoo and the Monterey Bay Aquarium as a member. I also give my support to the NWF (National Wildlife Federation) , WWF (World Wildlife Fund) , Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International , and Defenders of Wildlife .

Besides being into photography I also believe in Animal Conservation and I love to learn about animals and ways to help them.

I started my photography hobby back in September of 2005. My camera I use is a Nikon D70 and most of the time I use the Nikon 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D ED Vibration Reduction Nikkor Lens.

Note: If you want to watch any of the videos just hit pause on the music player before hitting play on the different video footage.

You can find some of my favorite pictures that I have taken at:

Susan L. Pettitt Photography - Flickr

My Adopted Fur Kids At The San Francisco Zoo:

My Fur Children Les Paul, Oreo and Snow:


My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jeff Corwin, Jack Hanna, Jane Goodall, Philippe Cousteau



My Blog

Expanding the Photography Business

      For almost a year I have been selling my photography through Dreamstime.  I had been exclusive with them for most of this year but decided I wanted to drop exclusive because I have sold over 400...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:12:00 GMT

Foot Surgery Update

First I would like to thank everyone for their well wishes. My surgery is on March 18th a little less then a week away.  I'm a little on the nervous side since I have never had surgery before but I kn...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:32:00 GMT

Health Issues

For over 3 months I have been having issues with my ankle really bothering me.  Do to my ankle hurting me I have not  really been out much to photograph which has been a real bummer for me.  When my a...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:11:00 GMT

Dreamstime Stock Portfolio

Since May 12th I have been working on building my Photography Stock Portfolio on Dreamstime. I am really enjoying this stock site because they let me photograph the things that I enjoy photographing ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:41:00 GMT

San Francisco Zoo - May 17, 2008

On May 17th I went to the San Francisco Zoo for Zoo Member's Morning. I do not normally go to the zoo on the weekends since you have to deal with more people plus the animals seem to like it more whe...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 00:41:00 GMT

Love My New Apartment

On April 23rd we got the keys to our new place which I was so excited to get because we have had so much problems with our old apartment. After having 4 floods, finding black mold in the apartment wh...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT

I Will Always Return by Bryan Adams

Elsa the lion was raised as a cub by Joy and George Adamson along with two of her other siblings. Her two siblings was shipped off to different zoos but they kept Elsa but as Elsa got older...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:45:00 GMT

Simple Prosperity

The past several months my husband I have been discussing was to simplify our life and have been trying to be more "Green". We recently have given a lot of stuff to Goodwill and the local Library to...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Favorite Quotes From The Buddha

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ""Creatures without feet have my love and likewise d...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:29:00 GMT

Simplifying My Life

For about 6 months now I have been waiting for April to come around so my husband and I can finally move out of the Apartment we really do not like being in this apartment do to so many issues that ha...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:36:00 GMT