The Traveler

I remember grabbing my things at the airport, seeing this guy and needing to take his picture.
Recent Portraits

The first two portraits are of Rahman Al-Kaabi juggling at a house where he has found refuge in Carmel, Calif. Al-Kaabi was an actor and a clown in Iraq with a troupe whose performances angered certain factions to the point that members of his group were murdered.
The third portrait is [...]
Change as the Constant

Some serious hang time has passed since I got the notion to put any new work up here. Over the past few months my work has been light to steady to heavy and I have shot a wild variety of things.
From a traditional Jewish wedding to a traditional Catholic wedding.
From skateboarders to shots of fresh [...]
Britten and Amy

I photographed Britten and Amy’s wedding on the Westside of Santa Cruz, California.They were married at Cowell College at the University of California Santa Cruz.Britten works as a Captain with the UCSC Fire Department so a drive by his coworkers during the event was fun. And former Santa Cruz Firefighter Billy Starr and his [...]
Public Comment

I am starting to see that by writing here I’m inevitably going to be doing more learning than anyone who may happen upon this and manage to get all the way through it.
I guess thats the beauty of these things?
Anyways heres a photo I shot on assignment today that brought the idea into my mind.
Old Barn, Old Guy and Natural Light

Built in 1889, the barn housed the cows that produced the first batches of Monterey Jack cheese.
St. Patrick’s Day Glasses

My life as a freelancer is evolving quickly and I am starting to develop work in new areas for myself. I will post more about that later for all you interested fans (all three of you) as things develop. For now I’m sending out my best wishes to those at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. I feel [...]
Moments

Over the past weekend I found myself with my camera looking for moments in two widely differing situations. I covered Salinas High Basketball team as Bellarmine Prep. hammered them to a 65-36 loss. The morning after that I was just looking to get something different of my friend and his son as they played [...]
