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. […]
Standing in a field so full of bees that my body was vibrating with the hum of their buzzing was a first. So was finding out that raising bees outside Glacier National Park means that sometimes bears eat your bee hives. Working on this story and photographing the folks at Glacier County Honey Company […]
There are some assignments that, once finished, leave you feeling better than when you started. This assignment was one of those experiences for me. When I got the call from Poets and Writers Magazine that I would be photographing bestselling, mystery author James Lee Burke I was more than a little nervous. He’s a well […]
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 […]
Wheaton’s Bike Shop in Kalispell, Montana is somewhat of a community institution. I had the chance to photograph the owner and people that make this shop a cornerstone of downtown earlier this year. I personally really love bikes so this was an extra treat for me to just get to spend time around all the […]
I had the chance last summer to take a road trip from Whitefish to just outside Helena in Boulder Valley, Montana. The drive was beautiful. And Boulder Valley itself is pretty spectacular. That day it was blue skies and wide open pastures on my way to the studio of artist Michael Haykin. It’s been a […]