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The Dakota Series: A Seven Month Effort to Improve my Photography

The Dakota Series: A Seven Month Effort to Improve my Photography

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Introducing my new photo project: Ultra

Note: This post originally appeared in issue #30 of my newsletter, Stillnotes. Subscribe there for my newest images and essays. Between starting a new job at a startup and moving up here from Boulder, my cameras have stayed largely silent over the past couple months. However, not completely silent. I always find a way to keep writing and photos a part of my life in some way. There’s been…

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A desert reprieve

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Gallery: Northern Lights

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Gallery: Scottish Highlands

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Gallery: My First Summer in the Sierra

Gallery: My First Summer in the Sierra

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Attention, Audacity, and Annie Dillard

Attention, Audacity, and Annie Dillard

I’m reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Its reputation precedes it. Dillard’s Pulitzer winner is on your list if you lean literary. It’s a fascinating book, and reading it has surfaced an equation I can’t get out of my head:  Attention + Audacity = Art Attention One minute you’re walking along Tinker Creek enjoying the sunset the next you’re seeing a frogs innards sucked out by a water bug, then…

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Gallery: Minaret Lake Backpacking

Gallery: Minaret Lake Backpacking

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A list of photo newsletters

A list of photo newsletters

I believe more photographers should be running their own photo newsletters. I’ve talked about why, and recommended email services to get started. To round out these resources I’ve gathered a list of photo newsletters happening around the web for you to subscribe to. Know a newsletter that should be featured, or want to share your own on this post? Email me at [email protected] with…

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6 email services I recommend for photo newsletters

6 email services I recommend for photo newsletters

Starting your photo newsletter begins with an email marketing tool or email service provider (ESP). These software tools will power your email list, designing and sending your emails, and more if you decide you take it further.  My focus in this article is around free or affordable options that make it easy to get started. I’m basing my recommendations off of these assumptions: You’re just…

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Why you should start a photo newsletter

Why you should start a photo newsletter

Sharing photography online in 2022 is a fraught endeavor. It’s easy, sure, but for all the wrong reasons. You’re faced with algorithms favoring short form video, feeds that never gave your image more than a few seconds of attention anyway, quality compression, and small screens to boot.  The recent uproar about Instagram’s push further into short form video isn’t surprising, nor is it the first…

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Choons Only 01 — Deep Summer

Choons Only 01 — Deep Summer

My love for electronic music has taken another step with a new mix show I’m calling Choons Only. In the first mix, a deep house journey for summer time to relax or road trip to. Uplifting, good energy, always choons only. Enjoy! Tracklist and Spotify links below if you’d like to save the songs for yourself. Tracklist: Calico – Haux (thomfjord remix)17 – MK (6am remix)Lullaby – Nox VahnPrelude…

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Gallery: Laugavegur Trek, Iceland

Gallery: Laugavegur Trek, Iceland

For a trip guide and film photos from the Laugavegur, check out my piece on Field Mag.

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Brand Gallery: Atlas Packs (Spec)

Brand Gallery: Atlas Packs (Spec)

Spec shoot for camera pack brand Atlas Packs. Their packs feel truly built for adventure and multi-disciplinary days outside, which is why I produced and shot this concept of a morning backcountry skiing up to a ridge for a sunrise photo mission.

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Gallery: Magic Hour in Taos

Gallery: Magic Hour in Taos

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Trail Guide: My 7 Favorite Trail Runs in Boulder

Trail Guide: My 7 Favorite Trail Runs in Boulder

There are few cities in the country as good for trail running as Boulder, Colorado. Boasting more than 150 miles of trails, not to mention access to bigger adventures west of town, Boulder is a certified outdoor dreamland. During my years living there I got to know the trails well, picking up trail running as a favorite pastime and an outlet when the pandemic hit and the city shut down.  Below…

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Gallery: Space

This series inspired a series called Spaces, documenting artists and others in their own creative environments. Check out my day with contemporary landscape painter Noelle Phares in her new studio.

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