the difference a week can make

I started this week in Atlanta and ended it in Montana. I'm amazed how quickly you can go from one place to another. There couldn't be more contrast between downtown Atlanta and Polebridge, Montana. I woke up in both places in one week and it struck me how they couldn't be more different -- but part of me loves them both.

a pretty little night

lipscomb three

environmental portraits

you are spring to me, all things to me

Spring has finally, fully reached Montana. Every year, just when I think I can't quite take anymore, Winter finally eases off and let's Spring in. And I am always ridiculously thrilled. Farmers markets are open, grass needs mowing, and the Flathead Lake cherry trees are blooming.

If you've never had a Flathead cherry you are truly missing out. They are so delicious and such a simple Montana Summer treat. Last year, my friend and I bought a giant sack of them and ate them on a drive home from Missoula. I'm surprised anything but pits made it back with us at all.

So here's to Spring -- I know most of the rest of the country has already enjoyed it and is moving on to Summer....but sometimes the best things take a little longer in Montana.

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).