Early mornings, waterfalls and mountains… oh my!
On Saturday, July 5th, 2025, at 2:30 am, I departed my apartment to meet up with Barb on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park once again. This time, our goal was to find parking at Glacier Gorge Trailhead before traveling into the mountains beyond Mills Lake. Incredibly, we just managed to land a parking spot upon our arrival at 4am as the parking lot was swarming with people heading out on similarly epic journeys for the holiday weekend. On this day Barb and I covered 14 miles with around 4000 feet of gain. Not a shabby way to spend a Saturday!
Trip Recap: Cranes, Cliff Dwellings, Coyotes and a Caldera
We had a simple plan: see the Sandhill Cranes migration and visit the cliff dwellings at Bandelier National Monument near Sante Fe. Little did we know starting out how much fun this minivacation would be and just how many incredible things we would happen upon along the way.
Ski Photography Tips, Tricks and Lessons Learned
Recently I had the idea to shoot some photos of one of my favorite non-photography-hobbies: Skiing. Let me say, I learned a lot from my first attempt at action sports imagery. In this blog I share some of my lessons learned and challenges faced from my first endeavor into this different genre of photography.
2024 - The Best of the Bunch
What a year this has been for my photographic journey. I shot 21,474 photos as of December 11th and will likely shoot a few more before 2024 truly wraps. I went on photo trips to Great Sand Dunes National Park, the Wind River Range, Four Pass Loop, and Alaska…
Things to do (and eat) in Moab
Moab, a small town nestled in Utah’s red rock district, has occupied a special place in my heart since my first trip there with my parents and sister way back in 2017. Since then I’ve explored it six or seven times, once for a week straight as I worked remotely from the library parking lot (the WiFi was splendid and social distancing was… necessary). To say this place rocks is an understatement and I’m excited to share some of my favorite adventure (both short and long) and food recommendations.
Backpacking, Photography and Misadventures on Segment 8 of the Colorado Trail
When I backpacked this segment of the Colorado Trail in the summer of 2024, I knew it was going to be a tough weekend trip. The single-segment-distance was the longest I had done to date, the altitude was high above sea level at a ski resort, thunderstorms were possible in the afternoons, and I was going with a group of friends who would need help figuring out the logistics of a car shuffle.