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I grew up outside.
The camera came later.

Twenty years of design and commercial photography. A lifetime spent in the wild. Photography became the way I bring those two halves together. Getting outside is how I recharge and find peace — the camera is just the excuse.

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Field Notes - Blog and Anecdotes From the Field
after - trail ridge road rocky mountain national park

The Start of Something…

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about my photography — what I’ve accomplished, the images and places I’ve been lucky enough to capture, and where I want to take this work going forward. And I keep coming back to one photo. One moment, really. The…

aurora borealis, northern lights over the octoraro reservoir, PA 2024

Not so Northern Lights…

I’ve been dreaming about photographing the northern lights for as long as I can remember. Photos, videos, timelapses of the aurora dancing on the horizon — brilliant colors, something that looked almost too beautiful to be real. For a long time, I assumed it was the…