Claire Thorington, Downtown Portland Lights
When my pal Claire Thorington, talented photographer and model, told me she had moved back to Portland, I grabbed my camera and snapped a bunch of portraits of her on a freezing night near the close of 2017...
Taku's Animal House Party
Head up the Taku River in your flat boat, east of Juneau along the Alaska-Canada border, you might find yourself at a place known affectionately as Animal House...
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, November 2017
As always, there were more ducks than you could count, and geese, and for once at least the world's most obese squirrel...
Swan Island Dalhias, Oregon
The fields when the flowers are beginning to wilt, a new perspective from my many previous visits to the farm...
Come See Turkey: Overview
In April 2014, I flew to Turkey with a group of fellow Instagram influencers for a two-week exploration of that amazing country, so beautiful, so full of history. Sponsored by Come See Turkey, the trip was designed to boost tourism to the area, and it was led by wonderful human, Mustafa Seven and his team...
Elk Rock Garden of the Bishop's Close
Tucked the middle of one of the wealthiest sections of Portland, Oregon, with some spectacular views of the Willamette River, sits a lovely Episcopal retreat known as the Elk Rock Garden of the Bishop's Close...
One Last Day in Istanbul...
I strolled up famous İstiklal Avenue, one of the great walking/shopping/window-shopping streets in Europe, enjoyed a quick ride on the historic little tram, took one last look at Galata Tower, then crossed the Golden Horn for final photos of the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia as the sun set...
Gaziantep, Turkey
Gaziantep is an industrial city in southern Turkey full of life and spice and work. Walk its boulevards and alleyways and you get insight into a place that's a world away from Istanbul and the Mediterranean coast...