This shot was part of a collaboration with my wife.  She had a vision for a painting and wanted me to take a reference photograph for her so she set up a meeting with this talented young woman, Natalie and this is the result.  I’m excited to see what my wife does with it as she […]

There’s nothing like sitting by the fire and catching up with an old friend over a cup of coffee after a long flight from Chicago to Phoenix! This was an unplanned shoot that happened spontaneously.  I didn’t have a light kit and it was pretty dark in the room so I did the best I […]

I have an idea for the next Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue and it goes like this (haha!). This is my brother-in-law, Zach.  For Christmas I made him this ridiculous (-ly awesome) sock puppet as a gag gift.  A few days later we went to Prescott to visit my father-in-law and at some point we found ourselves in […]

I kept going back and forth on whether or not to post this one.  It is a little busier than I like my compositions to be but something about it kept my interest.  It definitely doesn’t work in monochromatic because the Fall colors are the only thing that separate the mass of foliage detail that makes […]

One of the challenges that photographers have to overcome is learning to see tonal values in color.  Regardless of whether you shoot in full color or monochromatic a good composition should have contrast.  When I stood here considering how I would make this picture I knew right away there were two things I wanted to capture: First, […]

I climbed up to this vantage point while hiking in Sedona for the purpose of getting a different shot.  While up there I happened to glance the opposite direction and caught this.  Sometimes it’s good to look both ways. 5D Mk III with 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM lens. ISO 100, f/9.0, 1/200 sec.

Sometimes the light hits just right. 5D Mk III with 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM lens. ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/100 sec.

Towards the end of October I met up with a group of Instagram enthusiasts from Arizona for a photo hike through West Fork Trail in Sedona.  I am against posting DSLR shots on Instagram (lest it become like every other photo sharing website and lose what is special about it) but I took my DSLR camera along with […]

Okay, so it’s a bit strange to be taking pictures of a machine that was made to take pictures but I am fascinated by old cameras and can’t help myself.  It was a challenge to find a nice composition for such a boxy subject but I think I like what I came up with.  I […]

So I couldn’t think of a creative title for this one.  I really like this scene though and I’m excited to share it.  Click here to see Watson Lake #1. 5D Mk III with 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM lens. ISO 100, f/7.0, 1/640 sec.