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This is where I share the stories behind my images. You’ll find posts about specific photographs from my galleries — the ideas, inspiration, and process that shaped them — along with reflections on photography itself as I continue to create new work. The galleries and print store will grow over time, and so will this blog. I hope you’ll explore, leave your thoughts in the guestbook, and return often to see what’s new. Photo Stories: Painting with a Camera in Giverny
June 07, 2026
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Welcome to another entry in Photo Stories, where I step a little further into the intent behind an image—how it came together, and what I was trying to see when I made it. This one sits in an interesting place. It could easily fall into Travel Stories, or even Nature Stories. But for me, this image is less about where it was taken and more about how it was seen, so it belongs here. We were traveling through Paris and the Normandy region of France when we found ourselves in the town of Giverny, at the home and gardens of Claude Monet. The French Impressionists have always been one of my favorite schools of art, so this was a place I’d wanted to see for a long time. Walking through the garden, I found myself thinking less about photographing it in a traditional way, and more about how to capture the feeling of it—something closer to what Monet might have been seeing rather than what a camera typically records. This scene stood out immediately. Up close, it’s dense—thousands of individual flowers, leaves, and textures competing for attention. But step back, and it softens. It becomes less about the individual elements and more about the wash of color they create together. That shift is what drew me in. It started to feel less like a photograph of a garden and more like an interpretation of it. Not documenting the place, but translating it—using a camera instead of a paintbrush. When I look at the image now, I have the same experience. Focus on the details, and it’s just a collection of separate parts. But take it in as a whole, and it becomes something else entirely—a feeling more than a record. Standing there, this just felt right. ✨ Love this image? Add it to your wall. Click the photograph to explore print options.
Quiet Baseball - Tending the Field
June 01, 2026
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Even during the game, the work doesn’t stop. The field doesn’t stay the way it was at the start. It shifts. It wears down. Every inning leaves something behind. So it gets tended to again.
Not reset the same way it was before everything began, but maintained. Smoothed out just enough. Put back into place so the game can keep going. It’s a different kind of rhythm now. Earlier, it was preparation. Everything being made ready. Now it’s upkeep. A quiet correction as things unfold. Most people don’t notice it happening. It blends into everything else going on. But it’s always there, keeping the game moving without interrupting it This image is part of an ongoing series exploring the quieter side of baseball. Click on the image to view and purchase available prints. Nature Stories: A Quiet Moment in Purple
May 24, 2026
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I’ll be honest, I don’t even know what this flower is. What caught me wasn’t the name, but the feeling. One day, while my wife and I were out hiking the trails behind the apple orchard near our house, I noticed this single bloom sitting just a little apart from the others. It wasn’t trying to stand out, but it did anyway. The soft purple against the deep green immediately pulled me in. With my camera already in hand, I opened the aperture as wide as I could—f/1.4—to let the background fall away and isolate the flower. I moved around it a bit, trying a few different angles, letting the scene simplify itself. This one felt right. The diagonal line leads your eye in, ending in that small burst of color. With the shallow depth of field, the flower almost feels like it’s floating, suspended in a wash of green. It’s a simple image, but sometimes that’s enough. ✨ Love this image? Add it to your wall. Click the photograph to explore print options.
Quiet Baseball - Waiting in the Dugout
May 18, 2026
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Not every part of the game is in motion. Some of it is just waiting.
The dugout sits just off the field, close enough to be part of the game, but removed from it at the same time. It’s where players spend most of their time, even if it’s not where the game is actually happening. There’s a rhythm to that too. Watching. Waiting. Getting ready. Then back to waiting again. It’s easy to overlook, because nothing is really happening on the surface. But that doesn’t mean it’s empty. There’s a different kind of energy there—quieter, more contained. A pause inside the game. Click on the image to view and purchase available prints. This image is part of an ongoing series exploring the quieter side of baseball. Travel Stories: A Quiet Passage in Kusadasi
May 10, 2026
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Welcome to another entry in Travel Stories, where I share images from my travels that stood out—often in ways I didn’t expect at the time. When my wife and I travel, we rarely do the typical tourist thing. We tend to skip the lines and just explore on our own. It gives us a better feel for the places we visit, and more often than not, we stumble across the best food and the most interesting moments along the way. So when we found ourselves in Kusadasi, Turkey, surrounded by a few thousand other cruise ship passengers, we decided to pass on the excursions and set out on foot. Wandering without much of a plan, we came across a small courtyard that opened into this narrow passage. What caught me immediately was the repetition—the first arch framing the second, and then the doorway beyond. Each layer pulled you a little further in. Everything was wrapped in warm light, with the texture of the stone catching just enough detail to give it depth without overwhelming the scene. Along the right side, the foliage broke up the stone just enough to soften it, while the small containers at the base added a subtle reminder that this wasn’t just a quiet space—it was a lived-in one. It’s not the kind of image most people go looking for when they travel, but it ended up being my favorite from that stop.
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