Took advantage of some great weather to go for a quick hike with my buddy/ rock-climbing-mokey James. Turnagain arm is such a great location to shoot in; it's 15 minutes from Anchorage, picturesque as hell, and produces some of the greatest light in the world. 

April 14, 2015 - The other week I got to shoot for the New York Times for the second time, a two day assignment that included cityscapes and a portrait of Mayor Dan Sullivan for a story on the economic impact of falling oil prices on Anchorage. The day was crystal clear, but hovering around 3 degrees fahrenheit which always makes making photographs without gloves interesting, and an exercise in self-torture. Have I mentioned that I need to find gloves that I can shoot in? Yeah, that's a thing. Anyway, the assignment was to focus on the Port of Anchorage area as well as downtown and other spots of economic interest around town. Anchorage definitely put it's best foot forward for me that day, with steam rising off of ship creek and gorgeous northern light on the Chugach range in the background.

April 6, 2015 - I was privileged to shoot a portrait of Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan the other week, on assignment for the New York Times. The challenge was that Mayor Sullivan only had 15 minutes to spare, making the assignment an exercise in quick shooting. I had hoped for a couple natural light options in Sullivan's office, which was our shoot location, but to no avail. Fortunately I had my favorite light modifier, the photek small softlighter, in my bag and in the office waiting area hung the fantastic sled dog painting you see behind Mayor Sullivan in the photos.

When my friend Megan asked if I wanted to go hike Mt. Baldy in Eagle River, Alaska where I grew up, I jumped at the offer - after all, I hadn't hiked it in at least a year and it's a quick sprint up to the summit which can be done in a relatively short amount of time. If, that is, you're in the right shape to do it. I was not. Meg was thankfully gracious about me sucking gas, and even posed for a quick outdoor lifestyle shoot on the summit. Frozen hands left me determined to figure out a good cold weather shooting glove solution. Any ideas?

Jan 20, 2015 - There seems to be an instagram craze surrounding ice caves. Actually, there seems to be a trend of young, lets just say hipster-ish, photogs all hitting the same about 8 spots in Washington and Oregon over and over again. I swear I see the shot of the skinny suspension bridge ending in greenery at least three times a week. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful. But its been done soooo many times. Anyway, same with the Washington ice caves. They've been done to death by every PNW instagramographer with 50k+ followers. Anyway, not to be outdone, I headed up to

Dec 6, 2014 - The other week, I was got the call to shoot Governor-elect Bill Walker and his running mate Lt. Governor-elect Byron Mallott for the New York Times.