HOT Job PHOTO "BUG" LADY.Name: Darlyne Murawski Hot Job: Biologist/nature photographer Where: Any buggy Refers to software that contains many flaws. Many in the software industry swear that bugs are inevitable, and perhaps they are right. As long as we work in the competitive, pressure-cooker environment of our high-tech world, products will more often than not be developed too hastily and place, including the body How did you get into bug science? At age five, I used to flip through medical books. One had really weird photos of parasites--worms, insects, and other creatures that live on the human body. I was hooked! I earned a masters degree at the Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by , and a Ph.D. in biology at the University of Texas. As a grad student, I researched butterflies in rain forests around the world. How did you become a photo "bug"? My parents bought me my first box camera when I was 10. I've been taking pictures ever since. How do you "shoot" tiny bugs? I attach macro lenses to my camera to magnify mag·ni·fy v. To increase the apparent size of, especially with a lens. bugs so you can see fine details. Or I shoot with a camera attached to a microscope. I have to be careful, though: Shine too much light on them and the bugs fry. Do bugs ever give you the creeps? When I photographed follicle follicle /fol·li·cle/ (fol´i-k'l) a sac or pouchlike depression or cavity.follic´ular atretic ovarian follicle an involuted ovarian follicle. mites--insects that live on our pores--I scraped my forehead with a bobby pin bobby pin n. A small metal hair clip with the ends pressed tightly together. [From bob2. to get a sample. When I looked under the microscope, there they were! I scratched myself a lot after that. Advice for future bug lovers? If you love bugs, study them and stick with it. Biologists really enjoy their work. Freelance nature shutter-bugs earn up to $500 a day when they work. For Darlyne's buggy photos, see p. 7. |
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