Night sky time lapse photography has always fascinated me. I’ve done lots of slow exposures of the stars before, but I had never attempted a long time lapse series until recently. Even this was just an experiment since I had never tried it before… But now I’m hooked and I […]
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Oregon Adaptive Sports
It has always been one of my ambitions and pursuits to volunteer my skills to non-profit humanitarian causes. Since moving here, I discovered an organization which I am proud and humbled to work with called Oregon Adaptive Sports. This is their mission statement: “OAS provides life-changing outdoor recreation experiences to […]
Read MoreThe Real Moments
Creating authentic people portraits is all about connection. The photographer has the dual task of forming a connection with the subject which helps that person open up and be vulnerable with you, and then create a photograph which inspires a connection between the viewer and the subject in the photograph. […]
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What photographer doesn’t have a decent headshot of themselves? This is 2017 after all and personal connection is a huge factor in business success. Well… I didn’t… It’s true. For years I’ve never had a real portrait of myself. For whatever reason, I just never made it a priority. I finally […]
Read MoreSmith Rock
Ever since we moved to Central Oregon, I had been anxiously waiting for a day to go properly explore this magnificent place. Had we known a long time ago that this place was only 6 miles from the town we now live in, I think the decision to move here […]
Read MoreBend | Our New Home
Last year we moved out of our home in Pennsylvania with the dream of converting our old greyhound bus into a tiny home and traveling the country full time. We had planned to travel until we would someday find a place that we loved enough to settle down and call […]
Read MoreVIP 4 // Tough Love
No one could have asked for a more perfect day to summit a peak. Cloudless skies, warm sun and only light breezes. We had been sitting there enjoying the expanse before us and soaking up some sun for quite a while. Lots of other hikers came and went. One hiker […]
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I walked to the edge and just stood there. Speechless. Astonished by the vast and rugged landscape before me. I looked at the peaks and valleys, strained to discern the far away features which hugged the horizon. But then, my astonishment was overtaken and I was confounded by the bighorn […]
Read MoreVIP 3 // Craig Benson
Scientist | Archeologist | Anthropologist | Barn Wedding Venue Owner. I’ve often described Craig as the closest real version of Indiana Jones you’ll ever meet. I first met him in 2013 when we were photographing a wedding at his home/farm/wedding venue – Fiddle Lake Farm. It was an unusually relaxed wedding day with […]
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