Thoughts Categories: Select Category Musings Moments of Gratitude Tips and Tricks News Informational Featured Print The Inner Artist March 20, 2024 Discover Your Creative Identity Years ago, I worked with a creative coach who helped me understand my identity as an artist and navigate points of friction I was encountering in my creative process... Read more ... Featured Print - Late 2023 | Calmer Waters November 1, 2023 | Estacada, Oregon Introducing Calmer Waters, the first of my Featured Print Series. Every few months I will be featuring a photograph that I feel strongly about and that I feel is a hallmark of my portfolio. For these photographs I will go a little more into detail about my thoughts and sometimes offer behind-the-scenes looks into their creation... Read more ... The Thoughts and Story Behind Tidal Wash September 12, 2023 | Portland, Oregon I really enjoy this image. It's very high-key and low contrast, with a low degree of detail, and I wouldn't change a thing about how I processed it, which was honestly not very much at all. I wanted calm, serene, soft, and gentle... Read more ... 2020 - The Year In Review January 27, 2021 Better late than never? Maybe. For me, oftentimes the hardest part of writing is deciding where to begin. That’s how this post is starting out. Where do I even start with talking about last year? It was certainly one of the most stressful years of my life and it can be easy for me to dwell on those types of things... Read more ... Thinking and Documenting October 23, 2020 I realized that I often have so many ideas for blog posts, image commentary, or creative thoughts that I always WANT to write down or follow through with. These are the times where I’m really connected to my work, studying it, looking inward, and connecting dots... Read more ... Literal, Experimental, and Casual October 6, 2020 For the past few months I’ve been trying to navigate a particular creative struggle. I can’t point to exactly when it became a thing, but I’ve come to realize that I have three primary ways that I interact with nature via photography: literally, experimentally, and casually... Read more ... 3,653 Days of Sobriety September 24, 2020 It was hard to stop drinking. Very hard. It’s not something that I think about often, but I have very vivid memories of my struggle to quit. I remember being keenly aware of how much whiskey I had and whether or not I’d need more for the next drunk... Read more ... Wind, Light, and Water February 6, 2020 This may look like low angle light on ripples of sand, but it’s actually a photo of midday light being refracted by windblown water. I photographed this image with my cell phone during my Wonders of the Oregon Coast Landscape Photography Workshop... Read more ... Best Fine Art Nature Prints of 2019 January 1, 2020 Another calendar year comes to a close and I've had the honor of having my Limited Edition Fine Art Nature Prints provide wall art and home decor for numerous clients across the continent.Thank you! 2019 was a monumental year in my creative vision... Read more ... 2019 - The Year in Review December 16, 2019 It’s only December 16th and I’m going to get a jump on this. I’ve had a really hard time with writing, lately. The thoughts are there but they’re hard to grasp.. to put into words. Right now seems to be one of the rare times they feel accessible, so I’m going to seize the opportunity... Read more ... Moment of Gratitude - Olympic National Park August 28, 2018 Lately I've been recording moments where I am filled with so much gratitude that I have the opportunity for that experience that I nearly moved to tears. These may not be the most exciting things to watch, or mean anything to anyone but me, but I want to start sharing these peaceful moments that I never want to forget... Read more ... 2017 - The Year in Review January 1, 2018 January 1st, 2018. Another day.. another year. While I am not the type of person who views the changing of the calendar as an opportunity to “start fresh” or say farewell to the problems of the past, I do agree that it’s beneficial to think back upon blocks of time and reflect upon the growth, the challenges, the losses, and the rewards that occurred... Read more ... Old Shoes November 7, 2017 [wgphoto id=142 title="Raincatcher" prints="yes"] Lately I’ve been doing a lot of contemplating about my photographic vision and artistic consciousness. I feel I’ve reached a distinct turning point in the way I see and photograph and while it’s something that has been working in my subconscious for years, it all clicked over into something more mentally tangible during a visit to southern Utah back in May of 2017... Read more ... Interview by Christian Hoiberg of Capture Landscapes September 1, 2018 Last month I was interviewed by Christian Hoiberg of CaptureLandscapes.com. It was an interview full of well-thought-out questions and dug deep into my connection with nature and how it, as well as photography, helped shape me into the person I am today... Read more ... How to Emphasize Sunstars in Photoshop October 18, 2018 In this short tutorial video I show you how I touch up and emphasize sunstars in Photoshop so that they look cleaner and hold more visual weight. If you're interesting in learning more about my processing workflow you can find beginning-to-end tutorial videos for purchase on my Photography Education page... Read more ... A Guide to Do-it-Yourself Art Fair Display Panels 1/5/2024 Are you interested in displaying your photography at art fairs but are turned off by the initial investment? Read along to find a way to save over 60% on your display panels. For many artists, the thought of selling their work, having it create a lasting and recurring impact on the life of the collector, and earning a living during it all is something that we dream of... Read more ... Abstract Nature Photography May 25, 2023 | Portland, Oregon Exploring the Enigmatic Beauty of Abstract Nature Photography Abstract nature photography is a captivating genre that merges the mystique of abstraction with the awe-inspiring wonders of the natural world... Read more ...