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Studying Music
October 17, 2018 -
I made this series of photos while teaching a workshop on how to go out and photograph people you don't know. I approach...
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Dillon and Destiny Sneak Peak
September 24, 2018 -
This weekend I had the honor of photographing a beautiful wedding event that was hosted at Belle Gardens in Deer Park Wa...
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Sometimes making art requires you to break the rules...
September 20, 2018 -
I made this portrait of Deva during a studio lighting workshop I was giving this morning. I was teaching classic lightin...
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Helix Show Opening
September 07, 2018 -
I have a new show of seven works from my Satori Collection.
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Backyard Party
June 25, 2018 -
This past weekend I was hired to photograph a party at a private home. I find this sort of casual atmosphere a very chal...
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Be Iconic Video Introduction
May 31, 2018 -
Here is a video that introduces my recently completed portfolio of editorial portraits that I am calling "Be Iconic". Cl...
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Meet Clara Mannino
May 16, 2018 -
Lately I've been experimenting with reworking some of my portraits to build stronger color harmony in the work using dig...
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Words Matter: Power 2 The Poetry
April 30, 2018 -
The Richmond Art Collective was hosting an artist studio open house event on a cold winter night in Spokane. This young...
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Winter Day Dreams
February 27, 2017 -
I made this image last weekend after coming home from Priest Lake Idaho. The lake was frozen out to the islands. The bac...
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Poetry's play with words
October 27, 2016 -
I was looking through some images the other morning that I had made of my dog and the fall leaves and these two images w...
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Tertulia Winery
October 17, 2016 -
I had the privilege to revisit one of our favorite wineries with friends a couple of weekends ago. We met Barry Wescott...
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Workers
October 12, 2016 -
They are building another new building in Kendall Yards and I was arrested by the idea of all this manual labor. They we...
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Life changes...
September 25, 2016 -
Nothing prepared me for the phone call. My mother was calling and she was upset. She had been diagnosed with cancer and...
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The making of a darkroom print
September 23, 2016 -
This is a short video that shows the darkroom printing process. I made this print as part of a new collection of work fr...
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2016 Shootout
June 29, 2016 -
This past May I had the pleasure of doing something out of the ordinary for me. I created a large production shoot that...
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Priest Lake Cedar
May 22, 2016 -
I spent the weekend at Priest Lake enjoying a fireplace and book at Hills Resort with my partner Sarah. It was a wonderf...
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Modern Dance
April 02, 2016 -
During the months of February and March I spent time with Vincas Greene and a group of talented dancers at Gonzaga Unive...
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Getting THE CALL...
March 25, 2016 -
On the weekend of March 19th I had spent more than 16 hours grading student work. On Sunday March 20th I received an ema...
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Let Me Sleep
March 18, 2016 -
I had another opportunity to collaborate with a great group of artists and filmmakers... The Spokane Film Project colla...
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Central Park
February 18, 2016 -
This last December I got to spend some time in New York with friends and family. I was excited to be there because I had...
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Handmade Accordion Book Project
February 17, 2016 -
I taught a workshop last week on how to make hand made accordion books. I combined images I had taken on my cell phone w...
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Shades of Steinbeck
February 16, 2016 -
One of my favorite people I have gotten to know the last year and a half is Tom. He is a cowboy and an artist. When I sa...
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Spokane Neon
February 16, 2016 -
I made this composite almost by accident. I was teaching a workshop involving shooting models in the studio for a compos...
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Window of Seasons
February 14, 2016 -
Sometimes one thing leads to the next. As I watched Sarah look out the window I was moved by the peaceful setting and ha...
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My Office Window
February 10, 2016 -
I think I learned to appreciate the way light varies from viewing the work of Richard Misrach and Joel Meyerowitz. Misra...
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Native Issues
February 01, 2016 -
I made this tintype portrait of Spokane tribal member Jeff Ferguson who is a photographer and documentary filmmaker cove...
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Converting Pixels to Artifacts
February 01, 2016 -
So much of photography is pixel based imagery exhibited on a screen. I've decided to explore some different techniques t...
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Spiritual Journeys
January 30, 2016 -
I met Jacob Johns yesterday while making a tintype portrait of a friend of mine. While we were talking I noticed that he...
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Nick
January 30, 2016 -
Simple curiosity sometimes creates the image. In this case I was working with Nick and simply found myself curious about...
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Unexpected...
January 30, 2016 -
I was giving a lighting demo using some simple flood lights when I saw this image possibility with Stephanie standing in...
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Rainy Winter Day
January 27, 2016 -
Today is a rainy day. I decided to go outside and make a couple of photos. I think there is a dream like quality to look...
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Experimentation
January 27, 2016 -
I received a Facebook challenge to photograph nature every day for a week. I was watching a video tutorial on Youtube an...
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A week in Montana
January 26, 2016 -
I spent a week last summer learning to fly fish in Montana. It was a "buddy" trip that I will never forget. Here are som...
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Photographing Nicole
January 23, 2016 -
Thursday night I had the pleasure of teaching a workshop at a local camera club. It had been a rough and really long day...
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Editorial Control
January 22, 2016 -
I made this portrait of Rick who is a retired firefighter as part of a demo. It reminds me of the old batter commercials...
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Secrets of the Deep
January 04, 2016 -
Last December I collaborated with filmmaker Shaun Springer and musician Madeline McNeil to help film an experimental art...
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Secrets of the Deep
January 04, 2016 -
One of the joys of working in a creative community is that you get to participate in projects that are making a differen...
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As Time Goes By
June 08, 2015 -
I've been talking about cinemagraphs this week and decided to post a simple one here. It is an interesting way of highli...
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Time passes...
May 10, 2015 -
I had the privilege of attending the college graduation for a family friend's daughter whom I have known since she was f...
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Portraits of Amos
April 23, 2015 -
I had the honor of meeting my friend Sironka's son Amos. This young man has tremendous wisdom for his age and an incredi...
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Magic Moments
March 14, 2015 -
I have been keeping my camera out more often recently and trying to capture those intimate moments that are etched into...
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A Beautiful Valentines Day
February 15, 2015 -
On Valentine's day I had the pleasure of taking a drive around Lake Coeur d' Alene before having dinner with a friend. T...
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