Shiv Verma, MNEC - A photographer, educator and technologist.

He has been photographing since he was a teenager but with the advent of digital he has evolved his photography to express his intense devotion to wildlife and nature. Since 2003 Shiv has been capturing images exclusively in the digital realm and over the years has earned numerous awards and recognition both nationally and internationally.

"I think of photography as art – represented by the vision of the photographer. Photography gives me the ability to express and to communicate ideas that cannot be expressed in words."

He devotes a great deal of his time formally reviewing photography related products, to education in digital photography and is a speaker and competition judge. He belongs to multiple photographic clubs and associations and serves as Vice-Chair Nature Division, PSA (Photographic Society of America); Director of the slide instructional and essay sets, PSA; Vice President of the Digital Circuit NECCC (New England Camera Club Council). Shiv is a past President of the Stony Brook Camera Club; and the Gateway Camera Club, both in Massachusetts.