Long exposure experimental photo at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland, OR

The Support Group for Lazy Photographers

May 27, 2023

I have a confession to make: I'm a lazy photographer. That's right, at the end of 2022, I got the chance to be a part of the Support Group for Lazy Photographers, which is an online photography course created and run by the super-talented Italian…

Portrait of the model Serenity in Portland, OR

Serenity in Black and White

May 7, 2023

I recently created some new portraits with a Portland, OR model named Serenity. For these images, I wanted to create melancholic, pensive, independent, and romantic images that might look suitable for an imaginary perfume ad. We incorporated the…

Double exposure of Timothy Lake in Mt. Hood National Forest

Outdoor School

April 13, 2023

I would never call myself a landscape photographer (you have to wake up way too early for that), but I do love bringing a camera whenever I go on a hike in the woods. In particular, I enjoy bringing film cameras while hiking because they aren't worth…

Composite of six staff member headshots from Summit Learning Charter School

Staff Headshots 2.0: Summit Learning Charter

August 30, 2022

This August, I was invited back to Summit Learning Charter to create another round of headshots for their entire staff. They’ve expanded since I was last there, so this photo shoot was even bigger than the last time. I also had to match the existing…

Life coach posing with his dog in a kitchen

It's A Wonderful Life Coach

August 15, 2022

Dave Cesana is a life coach from Portland, OR, and he recently contacted me because he needed both a custom website and personal-branding photography for his business. In the past, I would have been able to just take care of the photography part, but…

Baby Godzilla greeting card by Quinn Curnow

Product Photography: Greeting Cards

March 1, 2022

Just about everything has gone digital, but thankfully, greeting cards are still going strong. I mean, could you be any more rude than send someone you love an E-card? Nope. You might as well spit in their face. Anyways, In the last couple years, I…

Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona

2021 Roadtrips

February 11, 2022

For as much time as I spent inside my home in 2020, I tried to balance that out by spending some serious time on the road in 2021. Last year, I took two major road trips, traveling through 14 states and racking up over six thousand miles behind the…

Composite of many images with the Model Annika in industrial SE Portland, OR

The Sum Is Greater Than The Parts

September 19, 2021

This summer I’ve been working on my portfolio a lot, trying to push my work in a new direction. I’ve been coming up with shoot themes that are specifically designed to get me out of my comfort-zone. It’s just too easy to just go with what you know…

Composite image of Alchemy Candles Fall 2021 collection

Product Photography: Alchemy Candles Fall 2021 Collection

September 17, 2021

I recently created product photography for the Fall 2021 candle collection by Alchemy Candles. This was my third round of product photography for them, and again, I matched the look from previous shoots as closely as possible. 3 out of 8 photos are…

Model posing in a forest

Lucid Dream

August 31, 2021

It is morning, and the forest is peaceful. The birds are singing and hopping from branch to branch as the sun finds its way through the canopy of leaves. With this serene feeling inside, she walks deeper and deeper into the woods. The allure of the…