About Me

A little bit more about myself.

Thanks for stopping by. My name is Jonathan Taffet. Currently, I'm a sophomore at Texas A&M university majoring in mechanical engineering, with minors in ecology and conservation biology and Spanish. I am also a student photographer for Texas A&M athletics, and formerly the assistant photo chief for The Battalion.

I've always loved being outside, so in hindsight, my passion for birding seems inevitable. I decided I wanted to film a nature documentary in the style of David Attenborough's Planet Earth, but I grew impatient with the Cuban Anoles in my front yard, so I settled for photos. Shortly after, I went to a creek near my house and crossed paths with a Yellow Crowned Night-Heron. This was my spark bird: the bird that sparked my interest in birding, although it wasn't until I came across eBird in January 2021 that I really started birding. Since then, I've observed 379 species of birds. You can find my eBird profile here.

My photography journey began inside, however, with stop motion animation. After tens of thousands of frames, I became familiar with the ends and outs of my Canon DSLR. Later on in high school, thanks to birding, I began to take more and more photos. This, coupled with several digital photo classes I took in high school landed me a spot as a photographer for the communications department at my high school, Strake Jesuit. I knew I wanted to continue sports photography in college, so I was lucky to end up at Texas A&M.

Outside of photography, I am heavily involved at St. Mary's Catholic Student Center. I enjoy all things outdoors, pipe organs, poetry and woodworking.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions, or comments!

Email: jstaffet99@gmail.com
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A special thanks to Philip Taffet and Mr. Dan Pepe for all their help and guidance. Without them, none of this would have been possible.