Casket Maker for Montana Magazine

Its been almost a year since I drove backwood, dirt roads to Willy von Bracht's studio outside of Kalispell, Montana. Such a nice guy and what he creates makes for interesting converstion for sure: caskets. Willy has been been handcrafting caskets since 1972 and he is happy to take your order if you're so inclined. He's committed to crafting caskets at affordable prices for folks. If you've been thru the funeral process before you know how expensive caskets can be -- and Willy wants to provide an option outside of that. He also makes caskets that can be stored in your home as a functional bookshelf until you need it. Not something I would have thought of -- but I must say that's pretty smart.

Montana Magazine has sent me on some memorable assignments and Willy definitely falls into that category. This article ran last year in the June/July issue of the magazine. I'm just now catching up with categorizing some of my clips so look for more updates throughout the month.

published: montana magazine - flathead valley mint farms

Last summer I had the chance to spend some time on a couple local Flathead Valley mint farms. Not only did they smell fantastic (almost overwhelming) they were absolutely beautiful. The story is running in this month's issue of Montana Magazine, on stands now. I'll post some more of the outtakes here soon, but for now here is the current layout. I always enjoy working with Montana Magazine and I thought they did a particularly nice job with the layout.

published: montana magazine -- bigfork playhouse

This year the Bigfork Playhouse celebrates 50 years. I spent some time last summer shooting this feature on the playhouse and this milestone while the company presented a production of "Footloose." This story is featured in this month's issue of Montana Magazine and here are a couple of the images from the story, plus a couple of outtakes.

published: montana magazine -- nancy cawdrey

Earlier this year I shot this feature on Bigfork artist Nancy Cawdrey for Montana Magazine. She was absolutely delightful and welcomed me into her studio while she was working on a piece she was commissioned to do celebrating the Centennial of Glacier National Park. Her work is vibrant watercolor on silk and was a welcome antidote to the dreary winter weather outside when I was there. These are a few of the images from that shoot (including a couple that didn't run with the article).

carnegie building for Montana Magazine

I shot Kalispell's Hockaday Museum of Art (above) for this month's issue of Montana Magazine. The article profiles buildings across the state that were originally built as Carnegie libraries and are now used for other purposes. Check out the article on stands now.