Journal

Lessons learned from logging off

Each year I get this overwhelming urge to log off accounts online and take a break from the scrolling and noise. This past time, I challenged myself to go longer and see if I could hit a year. There is a delicate balance between consumption and creation. Not content creation as this is intended to…
Sweet Heat Lightning

5 minutes at dusk and it is gone. If you didn’t look outside, you would have never known anything was different from a normal night. The beauty of this time of year is the length of light. Even near 10pm, you still get a small glow in the sky. Mix in some heat and humidity,…
A Common Thread – Scooters

Being in Europe, everything feels broken in and settled. Like it has always been there and will be. Think of it like when you were a kid and picked up your parents ball glove they’ve had since they were little. It is that feeling of quality mixed in with history that makes it just feel…
Tight Lines

Fly fishing has been a strong part of my life and love for the outdoors for over a decade now. I do not have a great ability to juggle multiple tasks, so photography and fishing rarely overlapped during that time. When it comes to hobbies, I struggle balancing multiple at once before one gets pushed…
5 Photos from New Orleans – Monochrome

We had the opportunity to visit the city of New Orleans in the spring of 2018. Since that visit, I have been itching to make it back there. During our 4 days, we barely scratched the surface of this place. This city is alive. It holds so much history and character that you are instantly…
Pushing Film on a Snowday

Snow is already difficult enough to meter in. The bright white backdrop with the dark figures makes any histogram go nuts. For this case, the histogram is in your head and you have to try to expose the scene. With all that wildness we are already up against, why not try rate the film at…