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Michael K Hurder, or Popi - the name my grandkids gave me and the one I wear proudly in this season of life. I’m a blue‑collar kid from Boston who grew up, put on a uniform, and served as an Army dog handler in Vietnam in the early 1970s. Those years taught me loyalty, grit, and how quickly life can change, and I’ve carried those lessons into everything that followed. After decades working as a field service technician, I retired in 2013 and finally turned toward the two callings that never really let go of me: photography and writing. I studied photography at Las Positas College in Livermore, California, learning the full process from RAW capture through to finished print. Today my work lives mostly in the natural world - landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and any animal stubborn enough to wander in front of my lens. My eCommerce store, Popi’s Pics, began as a simple photo blog, transformed to a photo & Book store until recently when I decided to blog for fun. The site has grown into a home for my images, my stories, and my daily habit of trying to make sense of the world with a calm, fact‑based voice. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Michael K Hurder, or Popi - the name my grandkids gave me and the one I wear proudly in this season of life. I’m a blue‑collar kid from Boston who grew up, put on a uniform, and served as an Army dog handler in Vietnam in the early 1970s. Those years taught me loyalty, grit, and how quickly life can change, and I’ve carried those lessons into everything that followed. After decades working as a field service technician, I retired in 2013 and finally turned toward the two callings that never really let go of me: photography and writing. I studied photography at Las Positas College in Livermore, California, learning the full process from RAW capture through to finished print. Today my work lives mostly in the natural world - landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and any animal stubborn enough to wander in front of my lens. My eCommerce store, Popi’s Pics, began as a simple photo blog, transformed to a photo & Book store until recently when I decided to blog for fun. The site has grown into a home for my images, my stories, and my daily habit of trying to make sense of the world with a calm, fact‑based voice. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Michael K Hurder

Photographer, eCommerce Developer, Photoshop Editor

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Michael K Hurder, or Popi - the name my grandkids gave me and the one I wear proudly in this season of life. I’m a blue‑collar kid from Boston who grew up, put on a uniform, and served as an Army dog handler in Vietnam in the early 1970s. Those years taught me loyalty, grit, and how quickly life can change, and I’ve carried those lessons into everything that followed. After decades working as a field service technician, I retired in 2013 and finally turned toward the two callings that never really let go of me: photography and writing. I studied photography at Las Positas College in Livermore, California, learning the full process from RAW capture through to finished print. Today my work lives mostly in the natural world - landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and any animal stubborn enough to wander in front of my lens. My eCommerce store, Popi’s Pics, began as a simple photo blog, transformed to a photo & Book store until recently when I decided to blog for fun. The site has grown into a home for my images, my stories, and my daily habit of trying to make sense of the world with a calm, fact‑based voice. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Michael K Hurder, or Popi - the name my grandkids gave me and the one I wear proudly in this season of life. I’m a blue‑collar kid from Boston who grew up, put on a uniform, and served as an Army dog handler in Vietnam in the early 1970s. Those years taught me loyalty, grit, and how quickly life can change, and I’ve carried those lessons into everything that followed. After decades working as a field service technician, I retired in 2013 and finally turned toward the two callings that never really let go of me: photography and writing. I studied photography at Las Positas College in Livermore, California, learning the full process from RAW capture through to finished print. Today my work lives mostly in the natural world - landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and any animal stubborn enough to wander in front of my lens. My eCommerce store, Popi’s Pics, began as a simple photo blog, transformed to a photo & Book store until recently when I decided to blog for fun. The site has grown into a home for my images, my stories, and my daily habit of trying to make sense of the world with a calm, fact‑based voice. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Michael K Hurder, or Popi - the name my grandkids gave me and the one I wear proudly in this season of life. I’m a blue‑collar kid from Boston who grew up, put on a uniform, and served as an Army dog handler in Vietnam in the early 1970s. Those years taught me loyalty, grit, and how quickly life can change, and I’ve carried those lessons into everything that followed.
After decades working as a field service technician, I retired in 2013 and finally turned toward the two callings that never really let go of me: photography and writing. I studied photography at Las Positas College in Livermore, California, learning the full process from RAW capture through to finished print. Today my work lives mostly in the natural world - landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and any animal stubborn enough to wander in front of my lens.
My eCommerce store, Popi’s Pics, began as a simple photo blog, transformed to a photo & Book store until recently when I decided to blog for fun. The site has grown into a home for my images, my stories, and my daily habit of trying to make sense of the world with a calm, fact‑based voice.
Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup