WHO I AM

A single photograph changed everything.

In seventh grade, a school field trip took me to an Ansel Adams exhibit. I'd never heard of him. I'd never heard of Yosemite. I just stood there, just staring at these enormous prints. I walked out knowing exactly what kind of photographs I wanted to take.

It wasn't until high school that I really understood what Adams was doing beyond taking pictures. He was fighting for these places. He believed a great photograph could make the case for a landscape better than any policy document. That idea stuck with me.

Fast-forward through college, a Navy career, raising a family, and many years when the camera only came out for snapshots. In my late forties I got serious again — medium format, then a 4x5 view camera, zone system, the whole thing. Eventually, digital won me over. But the subject never changed: big, grand landscapes and nature, mostly on America's public lands.

My wife Jenney and I have been camping in these places for over forty years, the last thirteen years in our truck camper — National Forests, BLM land, National Parks, and wilderness areas across the country.

I built this site because I want to put my photography to work for these places — in the spirit of Ansel Adams, and inspired by Woody Guthrie's simple truth that this land belongs to all of us.

WHAT I OFFER

Fine Art Prints — yours to use

If you're a land agency, a National Forest, a state park, BLM, or a nonprofit that supports them, I will donate high-resolution prints of my fine art landscape photographs for you to use however helps your mission. Hang them in your visitor center. Sell them at a fundraiser. Use them in publications or grant applications. Whatever works for you.

I photograph these places because I love them. Passing the prints along to people working to protect them feels like the right thing to do.

Volunteer Field Photography — for when it really matters

I'm willing to go into the field as a volunteer photographer for specific projects — but I'm selective about it because I want to do it well. The situations where I'll say yes: threatened landscapes facing imminent development or extraction pressure, land acquisition projects where compelling imagery could make a difference, conservation studies or restoration efforts that need documentation.

I'm not available for hire as a contractor. But if you're working on something urgent and important and you think photography could help, reach out and let's talk about it.

A note on how I work

I'm a serious amateur, not a professional photographer. I have a lot of freedom in my schedule. My wife Jenney and I are retired and on the road about forty percent of the time, so I can often get to places that a working photographer couldn't justify the time on. I like hard-to-reach places. I have a truck camper, and we know how to get to remote places.

WHO I WORK WITH

Federal and state land agencies · National Forests · BLM · National Park Service · State Parks · Conservation nonprofits · Land trusts · Environmental education organizations.

Anyone working to protect, document, or advocate for America's public lands.

Get in touch on the Contact page.

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