Total days in the field: 11 Total number of exposures: 1654 Average number of images per day: 118 First edit: 100 Final edit: Don’t know yet I’ve been distracted. Talks, lectures, interviews, and workshop preparation. Eight hours of upcoming class …
Read: Birds and More Birds
One of the best things about being interested in birds is that there is plenty of literature revolving around the subject matter. Each year, we are presented with book after book regarding the avian world, some from the legends of …
Creative: Playtime
This is how it works. You start playing. There is no audience. Only you. What time do you have? What resources? There is no right and wrong; there is only your imagination. Consider these sketches. Informal pieces that unlock other …
Creative: Create With Me: Zoë Sadokierski
I know I’m late to the game. This event goes down later today. In my fifteen years at Blurb, Zoë is one of the most important people I’ve met. Important meaning one of the people I’m most fortunate to have …
Creative: Imagine If We Could Go Back
“Imagine if we could go back,” she said. “Just twenty-five years, that’s all I’d need or want,” she added. “I don’t know,” her companion uttered, eyes pressed to well-worn optics. “I try not to regret.” “There’s nothing you would change?” …
Read: Owls of the Eastern Ice
First off, I love owls, so this book had my name all over it. I found this book on someone’s chair at a local hot spring. Being the nosy guy I am, I leaned over when they weren’t looking and …
Adventure: Let’s Talk Evelyn
We can’t talk about Evelyn without talking about Vanilla Ice, or tossing in the famous cliché, “Good things come in small packages.” We can’t talk about Evelyn without talking about passion for place, or about history, lineage, education, and dedication. …
Creative: We Need To Talk Story
Some will tell you that the story doesn’t matter. They are wrong. Story matters. In fact, you could argue it’s the most important thing. These others will tell you story doesn’t matter, or that it’s overrated, for different reasons. One, …
Adventure: Return From Patagonia
SANTIAGO: 9:14 PM The wall behind the chef was littered with random restaurant debris. A paper towel dispenser mounted at an angle. Small, Japanese figurines. A map of Chile, paper towels, and what looked to be a replica of an …
Creative: Expertise
I just made a profound discovery. The online world lacks expertise. There are, of course, exceptions, so perhaps I should narrow this down to photography and bookmaking. I’ve been at my Blurb job for fifteen years. FIFTEEN. That is far …
Adventure: Resolutions
New Year’s Day. Also known as my birthday, but that’s not what’s important here. My wife’s birthday will be upon us shortly, and this, my friends, is all-hands-on-deck, DEFCON1. A twenty-four-hour period of celebrating all that is perfect with my …
Creative: Patagonia, Episode One
Patagonia looms. Let me explain why this is happening. A few months ago, I gave a talk in Seattle, and after, I was approached by a woman who asked me if I would consider teaching a workshop in Chilean Patagonia. …