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Eclipse viewing

Eclipse trip in northern California. I will be trying to stay a little more current with my website and blog over the next coming weeks.  I have noticed that there are many photos and experiences that I have not published to my site. I would like to change that. I will be working on a series of posts over the next few weeks that will be dedicated to photographs and projects that I completed, but …

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Living in Portland out of my truck

  I have been quiet here on this site for the past month. On August first I moved to Portland to live out of my 4runner and find a way to get by in the city.  It has been an interesting process. Much of it was a struggle, though I am sure it is comparable to the other struggles that young men face during their twenties.  I must say that it was strange waking up …

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The Wallowa Mountains

I just recently made it back from backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains. If you have had the chance to keep up with my travels over the past few years you might recognize it. This was a 9 mile hike in to a place called Ice Lake, I had backpacked here once before back in the fall of 2011. This is one of my favorite film photos that I made. A reimagination of a digital image …

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Ebook :: Working With Film

Working with Film :: A Place For Analog in the Digital Age  Today I am very happy to release a new ebook. This book has been a project of mine for the past few months. so much of it was a learning process.  Learning how to use indesign, learning how to write again, learning how to convey my message through this book.   This book is a brief explanation of my creative process, it highlights …

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Camping in the Shasta National Forrest

I have been breaking in the 4runner this past week. This last camping trip was spent in the Modoc and shasta – trinity national Forrest. This photo of Robert, Tyler and myself at our campsite near trout creek.

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Old homestead

I photographed this old homestead a few weeks back while traveling through the guano valley on south eastern Oregon. Interesting to find such a colorful room in an abandoned house

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The 4runner

For along time now I have wanted a 1st gen toyota 4runner. I’ve been looking around for one in good condition for a while now, last week I picked up a 1989 4runner in pretty good shape. I’m considering this version one. The project will be to turn this truck into some kind of overland adventure camping truck.

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The Rogue River Near Sunset

Just wanted to make a quick post if this photo i made down along the rogue river. This image was made as the sun was going down the other day. Over the hills you can see the thunderstorm that was moving though the valley to the east. This photo was made near the alameda mine. Right by the spot I would wait to photograph rafters over the past few summers. I drove all the way …

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Camping in the Redwoods.

I just finished up an overnight trip I the redwoods. Really interesting to drive through old growth groves of redwood trees that are hundreds of feet tall. It’s the start of may, and for me the start of the summer season. I’m focusing on a handful of interesting projects right now. Building content for a new site. And designing a new ebook that takes a look at the experience of shooting with film. Both projects …

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Along the Sierras

I was fortunate to capture a handful of photos that I like from our time in the Sierra nevadas. I shared this image a few days back on facebook.  The sunset was probably right after 3 in the afternoon while we were camped here in November. Looking forward to the day I get to go back here. 

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Northern California Coast

For this post I just wanted to post a few photos from a recent visit to the California coast. The image above was made with my iPhone along the beach while we were bouldering around rocks along the shore. Below are a few more photos of bouldering, and a shot of hiking through the redwoods in fern canyon near orick.  I’m planning out an upcoming backcountry trip through the redwood forest. Right now I’m just …

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Sunriver 2013

Today I wanted to make a quick post with some of the photos from this past weekend in   Sunriver. Our group has organized a trip to Sunriver for 4 years. Good group of people to spend a weekend with. 

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Film Collection

I have been working over the past few weeks on an upcoming ebook project for my film photos. Below are 2 images that I have pulled out of my collection after I did another pass. The top image is from the Yosemite Valley right before the sun set behind the hills. The bottom image was taken in late November in the Californian High desert.

Western Overland Book Preview

If you are interested in checking out our western overland excursion book, you  can preview the first part of it here.   If your interested in the whole thing and ebook is available starting at $1.99 and a hard copy is available  Western Overland Excursion print edition | Make Your Own Book

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An Afternoon shooting guns

Spent the late afternoon yesterday in some of the mountains south of town shooting some guns with my cousin Loren. It was cold but it was great to be out. Here are a couple photos from our time out

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App based image editing

The photo in this post was captured and edited yesterday all on my phone, even this post was created and posted using only my smartphone. The point of this post is to show some of the power of mobile processing. The image of the ice crystals was taken near the bank of a creek by my home. Southern Oregon is cold and clear right now. I really like the structure of the large crystals that …

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Unfocused Aspen Grove iOS Wallpaper

This photo was made last year while I was traveling through a golden aspen grove in Grand Teton National Park. I was going for something closer to abstract impressionism in this image. It has been sized up just right for your iPhone 4 or iPhone 5. Click the thumbnail to see / and download the full size image. 

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Wallowa black and white iPhone wallpaper

This black and white image I made on a backpacking trip in the Wallowa mountains is one of my favorites from the past few months. The image was made as a vertical landscape and I think that it works well for this photo, we will see if it works well for an iOS background try it out! iPhone 4/4s optimized and iPhone 5 optimized wallpapers below 🙂 

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Blue Hour along the Lost Coast

This image was taken back in October along the Lost Coast during our week there. I had passed by this image a few times, perhaps because of the dark shadows on the left side of the frame, but I like the lines of the clouds as they stretch north, up the coast. I also like the blue wash of tide over the rocks. 

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Smith Rock iPhone Wallpaper

New set of smart phone wallpapers optimized for iPhone 4 and iPhone 5. This image was taken at Smith Rock State Park this last June,  the original image was created in landscape format. I think this vertical crop still has that strange otherworldly look to it. Try it out, click on the image to download the full size optimized wallpaper . 

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iPhone Wallpaper Project

As it is a new year, I am starting a new project. I will be going through my photographs and selecting a handful of them to optimize for iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 backgrounds.  This image below was made almost a year ago now, one of my favorite images from this past year. This is the image that I am using right now as my iPhone background. If you are interested, click the photo to …

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Sunset along the Lost Coast

This photo is taking me back a couple of months. This image was made during our time along the Lost Coast. It was a photo that I flagged, and edited, but never posted. I will be posting a few more photos from my trip over the next few weeks as I go through my library and edit the number down to something I can manage.  Then I will start looking into layouts for a book …

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Happy Holidays

An image of my home blanketed with snow after last Thursdays snow storm. It has been years since the last time we had this much snow fall in southern Oregon.  We were one of the fortunate homes in the area that did not loose power during the storm.  A few friends of mine have been without power for the better part of a week now. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas

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New Hardcover Portfolio Book: Photographs

Since I have returned home from my time out on the road I have been working on editing and categorizing the photographs that I took over this past year. The goal of course is to put these images to use. I am sure that I will be working with Marina to put together another book that covers our experiences on the road, and I am excited to start working on that project. I also have …

Timelapse from the Sierra Nevadas

I made this timlapse video while we were travelling south down HWY 395 near Bishop California.  I attached my little action camera to a mount on my bike rack. 

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From Death Valley to Sedona

Took this photograph of Marina on one of our stops in Death Valley,  before we we left and drove into Las Vegas.  Today Marina and I are in Sedona Arizona. It has been an interesting change from Death Valley to Vegas, to Phoenix, to Sedona. We will be travelling out of town here soon to do some hiking and some exploring, hope to scout out a few places to take some photos later this evening. …

The Vegas detour

Right now I am sittingin a coffeeshop on the Las Vegas strip,  Marina and I left the area of Lone Pine California a few days back to travel through Death Valley. One of my goals for our time in Death Valley was to travel to the racetrack playa, an area in remote region of the Death Valley NP ( though honestly it all seems pretty remote). We did our best to make the trip out …