Climate Change, Nature, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Time to Build.
For all of the talk of recession these days, corporations and businesses are making money, and many of them are sitting on huge piles of cash. It can’t help but conjur up images of Scrooge McDuck, swan diving into a giant swimming pool of gold. Despite all of that, unemployment is becoming a chronic plague [...]
5 Amazing Places You’ve Never Heard Of
The world sometimes seems like it’s so small. And at other times, it still manages to hold incredible wonders, secret gems that most of us have never even heard of, let alone visited. Here is a collection of five of those places. Rare, gorgeous, raw. And yes, this author knows the irony of showing and [...]
Glacier
I spent a week visiting Glacier National Peace Park, which extends northward from Montana up into the Canadian province of Alberta. The area received a record snowfall this past season, and the creeks, streams and rivers were high and fast. Snowpack was still melting on many of the trails, and spring just seemed to be [...]
