shawna moore :: in the studio

Encaustic artist Shawna Moore recently asked me to do some shots of her working in the studio. Shawna is always fun to work with and it was nice to hang in her studio and get some shots of her most recent work. She's opening a show at Gallery Mar in Park City soon -- if you are in the area you should check it out. And as always she has work at Jest Gallery here in Whitefish.





For me it is always a treat to shoot creative people. It's fun to see how someone else works and thinks about being creative. It's fun to see what it takes for them to create. It's the same and different for everyone.

Sled Dog Days - Olney, Montana

I love shooting this event. It's so fun and everyone is so nice. And really - the dogs just love it which is so fun to see. This year the sun came out and it was absolutely beautiful. Here are a couple frames from over the weekend. You can also see some more images over on Lido's blog. Hope everyone out there is staying warm!

Best of 2010

I started 2010 in a power outage in Montana, searching for puppies in the snow. I'm writing this now from my parent's home in Georgia. Later this week I'll back in Montana to start the new year and hopefully it won't involve lost dogs or being stuck in the dark.

Looking back at the start of this decade it's strange to think that in 2000 there was no 9/11, or orange alerts, or Katrina. I wasn't in college when this decade started and people were worried about Y2K. I wasn't even a photographer yet. Not really. Lots can change in 1o years - or just 1.

What the last 365 days have involved is family, friends, travel, and fantastic food. I've put together my favorite photos from 2010 - both personal and professional. For me there isn't a way to separate them. I hope wherever you are (home, stuck in an airport terminal, toasty in a coffee shop) you get to celebrate the end of this decade with people you love. Happy New Year and enjoy the photos.

Olney, Montana

Watkinsville, Georgia

Serenbe Farms

Athens, Georgia
Nick & Ginny, Park Slope - Brooklyn, New York


Serenbe Farms

Ginny - Brooklyn, New York looking into Manhattan

Lido - Yellowstone National Park

Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Olney, Montana

Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park


Trego, Montana

Cheers to 2010

Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park 2010

I think there are so many blog entries out in the interwebs that start with "I haven't been good about updating this blog." Let's just both give a nod of recognition and move on.

2010 brought a lot of changes for me personally and professionally. The more I've embraced my own photography the more opportunities and changes I've been presented with. I'm now a contributing photographer with Redux Pictures. I'm really excited about this partnership and how nice they have been to work with so far. Travel continues to be a major part of things: Atlanta, St. Thomas, New York, Tennessee, St. Louis, Wyoming and of course Montana and parts therein. That won't be changing next year and I'm looking forward to putting together the schedule in the coming months. You can also expect some changes to the website and new work as well. But as far as this year goes I got to spend so much time working on projects I really care about and seeing people I love. If those two things continue into next year I can't wait.

Here's to 2011 - cheers to you and yours. I hope the end of the year brings happy memories to you and excitement for things to come.

Isn't it pretty to think so?

Since 2001, I've lived in Georgia, France, South Carolina, England, Tennessee, and Montana. When I left college in 2004 I thought I'd be living in France right now working on whatever it was I was supposed to be working on. Turns out, life went a little differently and now I'm working on whatever it is I'm supposed to be working on in Montana. A little different, but pretty none-the-less.
The funny part of it is, in all of those places I was always ready and planning on being in the next place. The next fence over, the next job, the next thing. It hasn't been till recently that I started to get more comfortable with the idea of being right where I am the moment that I'm there. But that place is more like my actual seat than my current longitude and latitude. I'm not sure if that's really all that healthy but I'll take what I can get.
I realize that I've been struck with a certain kind of wanderlust that only a few a really hit hard by. I'm one of those lucky ones. Lucky in that I know I won't stop wanting to see just what's over the horizon. Not-so-lucky in that the members of my wandering club seem to dwindle more and more the closer I get to "adulthood." The farther I look down the line the more I see marriages and babies and responsibilities and bills. And I'm not against those things, it just seems to me a easy way to get trapped in one place. And one place was never on my itinerary. My feeling on the that life being fantastic was more "Isn't it pretty to think so?"

So it has come to a surprise to even myself to be walking further and further down that path. The trick, so far it seems, is to have a great travel companion. Or at least one who is understanding of needing to go those few extra blocks, have that extra drink, or stay out a little bit longer. Just a little. So today, with less than a week before I head out again into the world of airplanes and long lines and unknown roads, I'm thankful for that understanding. Here's to that extra drink with a lifelong travel mate.

What the Geyser!

If you haven't been to Yellowstone National Park and visited the geysers you are really missing out. I was kind of pessimistic on geysers in general, but after seeing the surreal colors in the ground I was sold. I'm a sucker for color anyways and I have never seen anything else that compares to the vibrancy of these. It really is worth the trip. More posts to come on Yellowstone. And Nate -- I swear I'm getting close to sending you pics from Lido and me from this trip. :)

a girl could get lost

It's easy to see how a girl could get lost out in the Tetons and not want to come back. I'm home now from the Yellowstone adventure. More photos and stories to come.