Photography

Bend Oregon Photographer

J E N N A | S E N I O R

North Pocono Senior Photos | Jenna Location: Nay Aug Park, Scranton, PA I had a great time photographing Jenna in the always beautiful, Nay Aug gorge, in Scranton. Towards the end of the session, I discovered by accident that I was still carrying some left over smoke bombs in my […]

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Bend Oregon Photographer

Vast

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 […]

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Bend Oregon Photographer

VIP 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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Bend Oregon Photographer

VIP 2 // Tom Driebe

I met Tom in 2012. He’s is a bit of a renaissance man. Author, entrepreneur, restaurant owner, used car salesman… The later is his current occupation. In the city of Scranton, where I’m from, there’s a car lot on almost every street. In a city flooded with vehicles for sale, […]

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Bend Oregon Photographer

Life with the Stasi Tribe

A Family Lifestyle Photo Session in Charlotte, NC. Luke & Brittney are dear friends of ours that we visited back in March. They have 5 children. We have 2. With 11 people in the house, it was a busy atmosphere for sure. But really that’s just par for the course […]

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Photojournalism

The Right Place at the Right Time

It’s what photojournalism is all about.  The moment I took this photo it was immediately one of my favorites from 2014… One month after their wedding day, the bride’s grandfather passed away. Last October I turned 30. It was a weird feeling. No longer considered part of the “college age […]

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How to Use Manual Mode

Learn How To Shoot In Manual Mode. I asked several people what subject they most wanted me to write about and, by far, the most popular answer was how to shoot in manual mode. It’s that all powerful yet all confusing “M” setting on your camera dial, which many beginners […]

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