2019 Favorite Images
The end of the year always brings a welcome activity of looking back over the year of photography and reflecting on what went well and what didn't go so well, what areas I showed growth [ read more ... ]
Healing Power of Nature
As a landscape photographer, my preferred locations are in the beautiful locations in nature. And living in the Pacific Northwest, this whole area is amazing beautiful. I am very fortunate to have so many beautiful [ read more ... ]
Analog Feel in a Digital World
Just a little random thought from me today as I was discussing photography with my friend and mentor Jack Graham. As things often do between us, our conversation switched often between photography and [ read more ... ]
Pictures are talking to me
Have you ever used the phrase “it speaks to me”? It’s a fairly common phrase and one that most people understand what it means, even if they might not be able to agree on the [ read more ... ]
Solitary Photography
A little bit of introspection today as I was thinking about my images A few days ago I was scrolling through some of my images and started thinking about the body of work I've produced [ read more ... ]
Creative Goals
Well, now that we've entered in to 2017 my energy is split in two different ways; finishing up processing the images from 2016 that I want to include in my yearly retrospective book, and then, [ read more ... ]
Getting In The Zone
Want to pass on an observation about myself as I'm getting ready to head to the Tetons next week for some early winter photography. One of the buzzwords in photography is around this concept of [ read more ... ]
Forethought
...Forethought: Careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future.. I'm pondering the importance of forethought in photography today and thought I would put down a few thoughts around this idea [ read more ... ]
Vision and Visibility
For me, one of the most profound learnings through photography has been how it has changed the way I see the world around me. Where once I just used to look at a pretty scene [ read more ... ]
Feeling Nature
Last weekend I took a much needed trip out into the Columbia River Gorge to shoot some creeks and waterfalls. It’s been a while since I have been immersed in an intimate forest scene with [ read more ... ]