Bill Wechter rarely leaves his camera at home. For Bill, taking photographs is a lifestyle and a passion and one can see it in his work.

Pictures happen all the time and at all times of the day. You are bound by those circumstances. You can't make photographs happen when you want them. You've gotta make them when they happen.

Bill has been a photojournalist for over twenty years and is currently a staff photographer for the North County Times. Over the past few years his personal photography has grown and diversified. As a 1982 graduate of the University of New Mexico he was drawn to the open landscape of the Southwest and his work reflected its mysterious vastness. More recently Bill has enjoyed photographing the magnificent San Diego coastline and local wildlife. He has also traveled to Hawaii, Cuba, Haiti, and New York City (post September 11th) where he has captured the essence of the cultural and natural environments. His work has been exhibited in galleries in San Diego and New York City.

Wechter gradually moved to California from his home town of Northport, NY and resides in Solana Beach. With his wife, Michele, he has started Bill Wechter Photography.

Bill Wechter uses traditional film cameras - a 35 mm Nikon and a medium format Pentax camera. The images are printed using the latest in digital inkjet printing technology with the highest quality archival inks and paper.

Each photograph is meticulously put together in Wechter's Solana Beach studio using archival matting materials. When you display your photograph please keep it behind glass and out of direct sunlight to ensure against fading or discoloration. When kept under these conditions your piece will last a lifetime.