This is a bit of a different post that I hope you’ll enjoy. Earlier this year my wife and I visited a spot in Northern California we love; it’s a place called Sea Ranch. Sea Ranch is a small community near the Mendocino County line in northern Sonoma county. It contours along the stunning coast…
In 2009 I had a harebrain idea. After 9 years of working in the surf industry for brands like Quiksilver, Roxy, and DC Shoes I was feeling the need for some new challenges. Photography and creating art had been a huge part of my life but I hand’t been creating much while I was working…
I’ve been extremely lucky to have spent time with my great-grandparents, grandparents and my parents. But late last year my maternal grandmother, Julie, passed away. We all called her Grams. She was my last, living grandparent. If you’ve loved anyone in your life, that person stays with you forever but there won’t be any more…
Crisp air, cold winds, warm sunshine. Orange and gold trees, empty streets. Forget the summer lines and crowded restaurants. We enjoyed walkable markets, and empty hilltop towns. Winter squash, warm paella and great conversations about what it must be like to live in a place like this. Using Isle Sur La Sorgue as our home…
I met Tania and Brian at our favorite beach to photograph their new family addition, Cleo. The last time I saw these two they were dancing their wedding night away. Life stories were shared, lots of laughs and sand between our toes. We reminisced about their wedding day and how happy they were with their wedding…
In our family history, 2016 will go down as the year of the kitchen remodel. We moved into our 1912, Mission Hills home half way through 2014. It needed some work and the kitchen was first on our list. We lived with a 30 inch wide walkway, red and white striped wall paper, small cabinets and peeling linoleum…
Last week while I was in Portland for a quick family trip, summer berries were in full force. I wish I could share more than images with you…the taste and smell of these berries is something we don’t receive in Southern California. So, I hope a Sweet Tooth Sunday will help share the experience. I hope this will…
Earlier this year I set aside a couple weeks to travel back to the Lake District of Chile. We spent time in this area in 2014…take a look at the blog post here. This area is a very remote, unbelievably beautiful and a fairly unknown part of Patagonia. Stunning landscapes of mountains, glaciers, rivers, and lakes. The locals are…
When I started photographing weddings in 2009 the cell phone wasn’t nearly as central to our lives as it is today. Facebook, Instagram, maps, emails, snapchat, camera…it’s an electronic multitool and we can’t live without it. My hand is raised high. I’m just as guilty as the next person. With one exception…on a wedding day. And I’m…
John Muir said it best…In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. With nothing more than what we could carry on our backs, we headed for the back country of the North Cascades. In total we spent 7 days in the back country. Our time walking trails and sleeping beneath the…