The Journal
Stories from the Field
Dispatches from the trail — landscapes, wildlife, alpacas, and the road in between.
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On The Same Walls As Ansel Adams and Art Wolfe!? This Must Be Some Sort Of Mistake (But Sshhh … Don’t Tell The G2 Gallery)
The world hath DEFINITELY gone done lost its marbles!! When somehow, someway, I find my photos on a wall in an exhibition alongside images by Ansel Adams and Art Wolfe,…
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Leading Scott Kelby’s WorldWide PhotoWalk – The Portland Chapter
So it was early August and the posts and information for Scott Kelby’s WorldWide Photowalk began to trickle through my streams. I’ve attended a few as a walker in the…
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My Olympic National Park Zen (And Some Not So Zen) Moments – Backpacking the High Divide Loop
This was one of the main reasons I moved up to the Pacific Northwest…the great outdoors are not just a thing to do, they’re the thing to do. Life, for the…
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A Few Choice Moments From My First Few Months In The Pacific Northwest
As I explained in a previous post, I’ve recently made the migration to the Pacific Northwest and now proudly call Portland, Oregon home. In this post, I figured I’d let…
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Joining OutdoorProject to Present the Oregon Wilderness In Virtual Reality? Ummm…Yes Please!
A few months back, I had the pleasure of joining “the one and only” OutdoorProject on a hike through the Oregon Wilderness and we shot it all in 360 virtual…
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My Homage To The Mountains That Made Me ‘Me.’ In All Its 360 Video Virtual Reality Glory!
This one is very very dear to my heart. When I made the choice to move up to the Pacific Northwest a few months ago, I knew that I had…
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The Migration – My Twisted Journey To The Pacific Northwest
I know I’ve been mostly absent for a while and for that I apologize, but it’s been a bit of a crazy few months. To make a super long story…
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Honored To Be Honorably Mentioned!! Thank You American Forests!
If you’re not familiar, at 140 years old, American Forests is the nation’s oldest conservation organization, so needless to say, I am completely humbled and flattered to have received an Honorable Mention by…
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Chopped The Head Off The Black Snake – Congratulations & Thank You Standing Rock
I have not felt joy like this in a long time. I’m not sure why this hit me so hard, but hearing the whooping and celebrating at Oceti Sakowin literally…
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My Stand At Standing Rock – Guns & Oil Have Driven Us Apart, Perhaps Water Is Bringing Us Back Together
So it started to get real once I was waiting for my connecting flight in Denver, Colorado to Bismarck, North Dakota and I flicked through my Feedly stream. “War Crimes…
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How To Start Your Summer Off With A Bang, A Woot Woot, A Yahoo, And A Gotcha Part 2 – Homecoming in the Holy Land
Nazareth.You might have heard of it.Well, that’s where I was born. That’s where my parents both immigrated from. That’s where almost all of my extended family still is. That’s where…
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How To Start Your Summer Off With A Bang, A Woot Woot, A Yahoo, And A Gotcha Part 1 – Virtual Reality in Denmark
Here’s one way to start the summer off with a bang: Head to Denmark to shoot virtual reality at northern Europe’s largest music and arts gathering, the famous Roskilde Festival,…
