Jim Mauchly was given his first camera, a $4.99 Ansco, at the age of six. By high school, he was working weekends as a part-time photographer's assistant, helping to shoot weddings in his hometown of Norristown, Pennsylvania. After graduation, Mauchly enlisted in the United States Navy, where he attended photography school and received training in photojournalism, aerial photography, and portraiture. He served as a photographer in the Navy until the end of his military service.

Mauchly has been a full-time photographer since 1990. During the 1990s, he worked as a freelance photographer for a variety of studios and commercial clients in southern New Hampshire and Colorado. He has also worked in digital photo restoration, digital imagery, and design from the early 1990's.

In 2001, he opened Mountain Graphics Photography, a professional studio, photo gallery and custom frame shop in Fairlee, Vermont. His areas of expertise include commercial photography (aerials, site and architectural images, and products), portraits (on location or in the studio), and events (from weddings to corporate conferences). Mauchly's ability to put people at ease-combined with 35 years of experience in photojournalism-helps him to produce powerful images that tell a story and capture the mood of the subjects, the setting, and the day.

Mauchly also focuses on fine-art images of the natural world, from wildlife to scenics. He has a keen eye for light, preferring to work in the evenings or early in the morning, when the interplay between light, subject and shadow is most interesting.

Mauchly is passionate about his work, whether he is shooting landscapes, nature or portraits, outdoors, at a wedding, or in his studio. "I love to explore the way light illuminates a scene or a single object, a person, tree, or flower, and to examine the possibilities from every angle," he says. "I aspire to reveal the beauty of God's creation, often missed by the casual observer."

Mauchly is a member of the Professional Photographers of America. He serves on the advisory committee for the Digital Communications and Multimedia Design curriculum at River Bend Career and Technical Center in Bradford, Vermont. He has taught photography and Photoshop™ classes at River Bend, and at New Hampshire Community Technical College, as well as in his own studio.