I’ve loved taking a photo for as long as I can remember, back to being a little kid with my Fisher-Price camera and its rectangular flashbulbs.
In college, photography was literally a must. Every student in the Illustration program was required to own an SLR camera and shoot reference material on chrome slides, which we’d review in class.
I discovered I had a knack for it, and photography became a hobby for me in the following years and decades.
After school, photography stayed with me — first as a hobby, and later, as something steadier and deeper. Not because I set out to become a photographer, but because I kept reaching for the camera when life got heavy.
During times of sadness, reflection, and introspection, photos of cute birds and flowers in the yard gave way to more contemplative and expressive shots taken during winter river hikes and summer sunshowers — I was finding a rhythm and a voice in my work that helped me connect with my surroundings.
I found real meaning in seeing and capturing candid natural moments: a misty moon, a hovering dragonfly, a frozen waterfall. And every now and then, there’s something else — little glimmers you almost miss — a shift in light, a pause in the wind, a brief alignment of things that feels like the world saying “look closer, really SEE this.”
Over the last few years, and with considerable investment in both my photographic equipment, and my motivation to travel, hike, seek, and wait for the right moment to freeze in time, I decided that this might be something I can do with my life.
With decades of experience in marketing, content systems (PIMs and DAMs), programming, shooting, editing, writing, and building websites, it struck me that I have the right set of tools to try to make this work as a real “job.”
I appreciate you joining me at the start of this. If you feel like wandering a bit, you can begin in the photo gallery — it’s the best introduction to how I see.
In early spring of 2023, I was living on a small mountaintop in Claremont, New Hampshire, and dealing with a lot of personal turmoil. I had discovered, months earlier, that during times of trouble, going for a long walk almost always helped.
