Last summer I spent time driving around Montana searching for the best places to pick your own fruit. My search took me from the shores of Flathead Lake to fields of strawberries outside of Missoula. I learned that organic orchards often use sheep to clean up fallen fruit and that picking strawberries in the early […]
hello At the end of last summer I spent a couple days in Bigfork, Montana photographing the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival and Workshop. This last year has brought a consistent challenge of both writing and photographing stories simultaneously. It’s been a difficult thing to try and do both well. Lift your camera and […]
At the end of last year I spent some time writing and photographing a story about the Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s 60th anniversary for Montana Magazine. How could you not enjoy an assignment that sends you to music rehearsal and backstage during a performance? It’s definitely been a challenge writing and photographing stories simultaneously this past year. […]
Sometimes there are stories that you cover that really stay with you. Long after you are finished editing you still think about them. On April 27th, German exchange student Diren Dede was shot and killed in his neighbor Markus Kaarma’s garage. The investigation is ongoing. I spent several days the week following his death working […]
Earlier this year I spent some time photographing Montgomery Distillery here in Missoula, Montana and Bowser Brewing in Great Falls, Montana. Ryan Montgomery and Evan Bowser are cousins who both happened to go into the alcohol industry here in Montana. Ryan and Jenny are creating vodka, gin, and aquavit in their Missoula distillery. Evan is […]
Missoula is a great town and has so many great places to discover. I was thrilled when Country Living asked me to contribute to their online project chronicling special spots in all 50 states. I of course had to recommend one of my favorites, Butterfly Herbs. If you want loose tea, a gift for a […]
If you weren’t sure, here’s proof that it’s winter. This person won’t be getting into their car for a bit. The past five days have been a snowy mess here in Missoula including several avalanches, icy airport runways, and school closures. I ventured out last Friday in the middle of the blizzard for a walk […]
We woke up here in Missoula to softly falling snow. It’s the most we’ve had in a bit and it makes me wonder how much more snow there is up at Seeley Lake. A couple weeks ago we set out on a weekend adventure there with some good friends. The snow on the frozen lake […]
This past weekend Lido and I headed north to Whitefish and I photographed one of the town’s annual events: The Whitefish Winter Carnival. This year’s theme was Viva Las Vegas — so of course the grand marshall of the parade was Wayne Newton. It was fun to be back in a community we called home […]
The end of the year is always a nice time to step back and look at what you’ve accomplished, what’s changed, and where you are going. 2013 was a year of huge changes from start to finish. Lido and I are now in a new city and both working full time for ourselves. This is […]
White Oak Pastures is quite an operation. Encompassing 1,000 acres of certified organic land and located in Bluffton, Georgia, the farm has a family history going back five generations. This history and ecological commitment show in their treatment of the animals, the land, and their family. In 1995 Will Harris III decided to work returning […]