Troolie. {Portland}

I recently had the pleasure of photographing  Troolie, a new local business on the corner of 30th & Killingsworth. The owner Kate (whose family I photographed back in the fall) describes her store as a:… Read More →

I’m sorry Mister Jackson {a flashback}.

My mom has a long history of saving things. She has saved objects from when I was a baby, memorabilia from elementary school, and keepsakes from when I was a teenager. She has… Read More →

D-Street Noshery for Beer West magazine. {Portland}

Recently, I had the chance to photograph the D-Street Noshery on Division for Beer West Magazine. If you are looking for a Portland food cart experience, you might want to go to the Noshery and eat… Read More →

Rainbow hair.

Recently, JOe offered to put streaks of color in the neighbor kids’ hair. He felt that he was up for the job, because when he was in high school, he used to dye… Read More →

A sister was born. {a flashback}

Thirty years ago today, my sister was born. I was three and some change and when she finally emerged from my mother’s belly, I soon realized that she was the one I had… Read More →

The work.

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this… Read More →

Haiku ode to the ice rink at Lloyd Center mall.

spandex unitard/just like brain boitano/gold tassels for fun lace my hot pink skates/am i gliding on water/no, its just thin ice triple axel jump/what would b.boitano do/shoot-the-duck again pink skates laced too tight/step… Read More →

Seven + seven. {Skamania Lodge, Oregon}

Fourteen years. Since the day JOe and I met. I was nineteen. He was twenty-one. It was college in Bellingham and and I can still remember that month like it was yesterday. Now,… Read More →

Some kind of incredible.

For the past week, Sawyer has worn his bright red, muscle-ridden superhero suit. He has worn it to the park, he has worn it to the store and on Monday, he even tried… Read More →

Bright lights. {Newspace, Portland}.

This past summer I took a lighting class at Newspace. Although I am mostly a natural light photographer, I felt ready to do something a little bit different, so I signed up and stepped… Read More →