What a Photograph Leaves Unsaid
I share how framing, interpretation, and titles shape a photograph while leaving room for your own response.
Field Notes
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How to Choose Black-and-White Landscape Art You’ll Love Living With
Choosing art for your home starts with one question: do you love the photograph? I share how I think about connection, scale, framing, light, and finding a piece you’ll enjoy living with.
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Between Land and Water: The Washington Coast at Low Tide
Low tide can make a familiar beach feel like a different landscape. I reflect on how exposed sand, shallow water, creeks, reflections, and changing tides shape the way I photograph the Washington coast in black and white.
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Finding Simplicity in a Complex Forest
A Pacific Northwest forest can feel peaceful in person and chaotic through a camera. I reflect on how fog, soft light, shadows, and careful framing help me find simplicity within the complexity.
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What Rain Reveals in the Pacific Northwest Landscape
Rain changes more than the surface of a landscape. Through three older black-and-white photographs, I reflect on how fog, water, and moisture change the way I see the Pacific Northwest.
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Two Photographs Selected for Natural Harmony at LightBox Photographic Gallery
Two of my black-and-white landscape photographs were selected for Natural Harmony at LightBox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.
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The Forest That Remains, Corral Pass, Washington
After spending an evening and morning exploring Corral Pass, Washington, I came home with the beginnings of a black-and-white photography project. The Forest That Remains follows my experience of moving through a landscape shaped by the 2017 Norse Peak Fire.
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Finding New Photographs in Familiar Landscapes
Returning to familiar regions doesn’t mean making the same photographs. I reflect on how exploring familiar parts of the Pacific Northwest continues to reveal new landscapes, smaller scenes, and unexpected photographs.
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Heart of the Cascade, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, 2025
While exploring an unnamed creek on the Olympic Peninsula, I worked from the larger landscape toward the movement of water and rock that became Heart of the Cascade.
