Island

I never had the chance to visit our nation’s most exotic state until this winter. Hawaii is sometimes downplayed as “just another state”, but a string of tropical islands in the middle of the world’s biggest ocean is nothing to scoff at. Indeed, aside from the commercialization that any 21st century state has, Hawaii boasts [...]

Small Moments

My favorite style of photo to take is the macro type. There’s something magical about close detail, and bringing it to life with a lens. Not that broad landscapes aren’t beautiful, but it’s the small moments I like. The fuzzy components, the texture, the closeness. Here are a collection of macro images I’ve taken in [...]

Mayan Ruins

I recently had a brief trip to the Yucatán, to the eastern-most Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It’s a sun-drenched part of the world, humid and lush, with a feel of history all around you. Traveling with a Mexican friend who knew the area, we explored some of the best food the peninsula had to [...]

New Pal: Louie!

A new friend entered our life this month, and his name is Louie! He’s a Pembroke Welsh Corgi pup, and a great guy. As a lifelong dog lover, it’s been on my list for the last several years to get another dog. And after my mom recently came to Portland to visit, she convinced me [...]

400 Feet Up

Flying is fun when you’re near to the ground. I’ve had the chance to take a number of helicopter trips in the past year, and recently went up near my parent’s home in western Michigan. Undoubtedly less colorful than a summertime trip, it was nevertheless exciting to zip over the places you know at 100 [...]

Year in Review

Another year gone by, we step into the future. As a videographer, I take a lot of footage throughout the year, and one perplexing question that results is: What to do with all of that video? A simple Year in Review, that’s what. Minimal editing, just a mix of shots and places and people and [...]

Who Am I?

In an age of crowdsourcing, freelancing, contracting and multi-tasking, it’s easy to feel like you’re juggling multiple careers. I often feel this way, and wonder how it affects me. From a personal standpoint, the hard thing about narrowing down my own path has been my interest in so many diverging industries. As a kid I [...]

Congo/Infrared

The Congo. A tough place, indeed. In 2005 I briefly stepped foot across the border of Rwanda into this lush, dense, jungle land that is the heart of Africa. I was there doing humanitarian work, and it was exhilarating and tragic and real. I met strong Africans who told me stories of the violence and [...]

Stopping Keystone XL

On Thursday, November 10th, President Obama decided to send the massive Keystone XL pipeline project back to the drawing board. He delayed any decision-making on the project for at least two years, effectively killing it. Most experts agree that the pipeline will never be able to meet the strict zoning, environmental and health requirements that [...]

Legend.

The death of Steve Jobs hit me like a stack of lumber to the chest. I knew his health was poor, though naively believed that someone of his importance would receive extraordinary medical care that would cure him. He was just as human as the rest of us, despite his incredible mark he’s left on [...]