nuevo big bend birthday

well, it’s that time of year again… my wife’s birthday week(s) started at the beginning of november with our annual big bend birthday trip. but this year was different.  we invited friends! we… Read More →

please stop the madness…

i told myself when i started this blog that i would never post anything political….  well, i knew it was only a matter of time before i broke down…. there is a man… Read More →

wyoming: day 2 (riding the drift, etc.)

we woke before the sun came up… it was a big day.  i made some coffee and we set off to meet Mike and Ellen at kendall bridge. from there we would follow… Read More →

the fourth

this year, the fourth of july was really special. the day started by walking up early, the giant san juan mountains surrounding us. i was with good friends, my wife was on her… Read More →

preview: july 4th, telluride

i can’t think of a better place to be for july 4th.  and of all the time i’ve spent in telluride, i’ve only experienced the 4th once… and it was 11 years ago… Read More →

brazos bend

my wife and i haven’t been camping since new years… that’s been weighing heavy on us. we LOVE camping.  to get outside, cook over an open fire, lay in open fields, etc.  it… Read More →

new austin skyline

last week, i had a few days of commercial shoots down in austin.  it was great to finally get back down there. but austin is a rapidly changing city…  understatement of the year.… Read More →

south louisiana red fishin’

a few weeks ago, i had the priviledge of fishing the gulf for reds. my good friends and clients took me on one of their corporate retreats to capture the activities of the… Read More →

big bend birthday, year 2

if something happens at the same time two years in a row, does it become tradition?  could we say “our annual big bend birthday extravaganza”?  well, i’m going to.  starting now. elle and… Read More →

a real vacation

i travel a lot.  but it would be a bit of a stretch to say that my traveling is “vacation”. it’s not that i don’t enjoy the destinations, or have real moments of… Read More →

4 weeks in vermejo

this summer i was hired by ted turner’s vermejo park ranch to photograph landscapes and wildlife. and yes, i had to pinch myself every day… vermejo is over half a million acres of… Read More →

yann, not yanni

my favorite french musician, yann tiersen, came to dallas (of all places) a few weeks ago. he is best known for composing the amelie soundtrack, but his repertoire is comprehensive and complex. tiersen… Read More →

january fan, july flame

note:  i’m really excited about this post for a few reasons:  first, because i’ve been trying to finish it for a month, so it will be nice to have it done.  second, i… Read More →

not just another new year

elle and i decided to go camping for new years this year… big surprise. we wanted to go somewhere near austin so we could have a fun night in the city, and have… Read More →

now that it’s Christmas time!!

to me, there is nothing better than Christmas time with the family… we spent the morning with the family in dallas… then we all headed down to austin to spend the rest of… Read More →

the big easy, matrimony

they call new orleans “the big easy”, and if you’ve ever been there, it is just that. marriage, however, they say is not so easy. “it’s a lot of work,” the old couples… Read More →

sharing big bend

i’ve said it before; i don’t share my sacred places.  there are a select few places that i go multiple times a year to get away, clear my head, and recharge my batteries.… Read More →

monterrey… one important role of the church

i went to monterrey, mexico with my church again over halloween weekend. after our first trip a year ago, my church, providence presbyterian, decided to support a small church in the township of… Read More →

four(?) musketeers

when i lived in wyoming in 2005, i didn’t have many friends.  but don’t feel sorry for me.  it wasn’t because of the excessive whiskey drinking, or the lack of bathing.  no, it… Read More →

autumn in wyoming

fall is my favorite time of year.  wyoming is my favorite place in the states.  so you may be thinking, “i know where he’s going with all of this…” well, i really wish… Read More →

like brothers on a hotel bed

wyoming is not a place i share with other people.  i do it alone.  that may sound like a prick thing to say, but it’s true. i go up there to experience solitude,… Read More →