Ian Adams is an Ohio environmental photographer, writer and teacher specializing in natural, rural, historical and garden areas. Eighteen books of his color photography have been published, including Missouri Botanical Garden: Green for 150 Years, Our First Family’s Home: The Ohio Governor’s Residence & Heritage Garden, Backroads of Ohio, The Floridas, and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. His newest book, A Photographer’s Guide To Ohio, was released by Ohio University Press in June, 2011. Since 1989, Ian has produced more than fifty Ohio calendars and conducted more than 170 seminars and workshops in nature, garden, and digital photography throughout North America. He is an adjunct professor at Ohio State University’s Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, Ohio where he teaches digital photography, and has carried out garden photography assignments for Country Gardens, Fine Gardening, Horticulture,Living the Country Life, and other magazines. He lives in northeast Ohio.