The Journal
Stories from the Field
Dispatches from the trail — landscapes, wildlife, alpacas, and the road in between.
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Oh Just Another Typical Backyard Caboose – Or Not!
Some of you know I shoot for Airbnb.com every now and then. There are a lot of nice places in the area that I’m fortunate to check out, but the…
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3 National Parks, 3 States, 2 Weeks, 1 Crap Bag – Part 6 – They Could Have Been Serial Killers!
Oh yes…it was incredibly striking how the landscape changes immediately…literally immediately once you cross the border from Utah into Colorado. The golden red sand and tan desert hues that were…
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The Undeniable Importance of ‘Me Time.’
So yesterday I posted about my whirlwind experiences shooting a few well-known personalities and their closets. Today I’m posting about me. Through the whole experience shooting Kyle Williams and Rod…
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What Do Gretchen Rossi, Stacey Dash, Rod Streater, Terrelle Pryor, & Kyle Williams Have in Common? Me snooping around in their closets. Huh? Uh Yeah…
Ok, here’s another short break from the National Park series…it’s been a bizarre unexpected whirlwind of a past couple of weeks so just have to get it out of my…
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Photo Sites & Podcasts & Books & Festivals & Stuffs
So this is a bit of an untraditional post for me, but I couldn’t help myself…I just finished listening to the latest episode of The Digital Photo Experience podcast hosted by…
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3 National Parks, 3 States, 2 Weeks, 1 Crap Bag – Part 5 – Hoodoo the Voodoo & Melee at Moab.
So we made it out of the Narrows, and with that, our days in Zion National Park come to a close. Under normal circumstances I’d say this was a shame,…
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A Bittersweet Happy Birthday to Yosemite National Park…
It’s really sad to me that Yosemite National Park is forced to shut down on it’s own birthday so a bunch of entitled yahoos can yank each other’s gotchas. I…
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3 National Parks, 3 States, 2 Weeks, 1 Crap Bag – Part 4 – From The River To The Rodeo.
We woke up the next morning to warm golden sunlight bathing the 2000-foot sandstone walls that surrounded us. If you don’t get up, stand up, and stare in absolute awe,…
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My images done showed up on iPhone cases!
But only cuz I put them there… Earlier in the week, I passed along a few iPhone wallpapers with that parallax dynamic madness in celebration of the iOS7 release, and now that…
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Happy iOS 7 Day! Here’s A Fresh Wallpaper For That Parallax iPhone Action!
So to continue in what I hope to be an ongoing tradition (all depends on how my memory decides to treat me week by week…), here’s another one optimized for…
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3 National Parks, 3 States, 2 Weeks, 1 Crap Bag – Part 3 – Entering The Narrows
Yes! Here it was! The morning of not only one of the most anticipated parts of this trip, but one of the most anticipated hikes of the past decade and…
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3 National Parks, 3 States, 2 Weeks, 1 Crap Bag – Part 2 – Almost Used The Crap Bag
We were quite exhausted as the sleep the night before was less than optimal, and to top it off, we were forced to rise around 6am to get in line…
