Moonlight snowshoeing at Blewett Pass
Posted Feb 09, 2020
All photos were shot with an iPhone 11 Pro Max, most using the new Night Mode feature.
Soumaya, Mexico City
Posted Sep 02, 2019
Soumaya, exterior detail
Sept. 1, 2019
Soumaya
Sept. 1, 2019
Soumaya, reflected
Sept. 1, 2019
Roma Norte, Mexico City
Posted Sep 02, 2019
Palacio de Bellas Artes and Alameda Central
Posted Sep 01, 2019
Panoramic photo of the Palacio de Bellas Artes and adjacent Alameda Central Park
Aug. 31, 2019
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Posted Sep 01, 2019
Flower bomb
Posted Jul 28, 2019
In full bloom at the Woodland Park Rose Garden
July 28, 2019
Rainy day at Mount Rainier
Posted Jul 28, 2019
A friendly marmot
July 27, 2019
Wildflowers in the rain
Posted Jul 27, 2019
Moraine Lake
Posted Jul 20, 2019
Early morning at Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada
June 15, 2019
Petra
Posted Apr 14, 2019
Greetings from the Middle East
Posted Mar 30, 2019
I’m halfway through my two-week trip to Israel and Jordan. This is my second time to Israel and it’ll be my first time to Jordan. As before, I’ve been based in Tel Aviv, taking day trips to Jerusalem, Masada and the Dead Sea. The food, architecture and history here are all incredible. So many cultures have come together here and blended into something both new and ancient.
This afternoon I’ll be hopping onto a 40 minute flight and then taking a ride through the desert to our next destination, Petra. I can’t wait — this is the thing I’ve been looking forward to most on this trip.
Road to nowhere
Posted Feb 23, 2019
Scan from negative
Summer 2001
Around the year 2001, I drove down on a whim from Seattle to central Oregon — an area that would later become known for cults and militiamen, but at the time was mostly just a blank space on the map to me. I wanted to explore, take a few photos, and find a place I remembered my grandfather once talking about, called Steens Mountain.
At the end of the second day, barreling down the backside of that mountain toward my motel room and a shower and a bed, a side road flashed into my peripheral vision and then was gone. Something about it grabbed me; I slammed on my brakes and went back to snap this picture.
This remains a favorite photo and a favorite memory — one of those times I ventured out on my own to nowhere in particular, just to see what I could see.
Joshua Tree
Posted Feb 17, 2019
Joshua tree on the Barker Dam Trail, Joshua Tree National Park
Feb. 16, 2019
Joshua Tree National Park
Posted Feb 17, 2019
Joshua Tree has been on my to-visit list for years, and despite the crowds, it did not disappoint.
I arrived early, I thought, on a Saturday morning in February. But when I pulled over the consult my map, I saw a near-constant parade of cars and trucks streaming in right behind me. So much for that.
Still, like most of the national parks I’ve been to, there’s something electric in the air, crowds or no. It makes me think about what the earth must have looked and felt like just a few thousand years and several billion people ago.
The trees at Joshua Tree are cool, of course, but the rock formations created a sense of place that I’ll never forget. I wanted to see more and soak the place up, but by midday the parking lots were annoyingly full of minivans, and I ended up heading back to Palm Springs for nachos and a margarita instead.
On my way back, the line of cars waiting to get in stretched on for more than a miserable mile.
I can’t wait to return someday and explore Joshua Tree properly — maybe on a Tuesday, or a Wednesday.
Saguaro National Park
Posted Jan 22, 2019
