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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
While we were on the road in the Flathead there were mornings where the mercury read -30. Ya’ll. That’s just wrong. Despite the frigid temps we took a quick self timer shot on Whitefish Lake. In all the running around shooting for other folks we are trying to make sure we make some photographs for […]
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 […]
“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour […]
Earlier this summer I got a call from Poets and Writers magazine. They needed a portrait of author Rick Bass at his home in Yaak, Montana. I gladly said yes looking forward to exploring another part of Montana I’d heard so much about but not yet visited. This would be the second time I had […]
I had the opportunity to shoot this stunning home for The New York Times “What You Get For … ” section. One of the most fun parts about shooting interiors is getting to explore the homes where other people make their lives. I always find it so interesting to see how other people live. This […]
This past April I had a chance to visit the Crack in the Sidewalk Farmlet in South Atlanta. What began as a small, personal garden has grown into a farm that is a regular participant in local farmers markets including one in East Atlanta and another in Grant Park. The farm is located within a […]
Bernice Ende is a pretty fascinating woman. At 58, she is famous for riding long distances with her horses Spirit, Essie Pearl, and Heart as well as her dog Claire. Ende has ridden 18,500 miles on horseback and is planning another 1000 mile short ride in the coming months. Her retirement makes me look […]
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 […]
It’s always sort of amazing how long you can live somewhere and still learn new things about it. Lido and I have called the Flathead Valley home for the last 6 years. Besides my parent’s home I haven’t lived anywhere else that long. It is sort of amazing really. In that time I’ve gotten […]
I’ve been working for sometime on a project profiling young organic farmers. This past April I spent some time in Georgia continuing this project and it was as rewarding as always. I drove from Atlanta out to Gordon, Georgia and spent a day with Chelsea Losh and Bobby Jones. They were fascinating to talk with […]
I had the chance last summer to spend some time in Essex, Montana photographing and working on a story about the Izaak Walton Inn for Montana Magazine. The historic hotel was originally built to house workers maintaining roads inside the park. Now it provides a quiet getaway for tourists between East and West Glacier. It […]
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 […]