About

I am a Utah-based photographer, but have not always called the mountains home. 

Born and raised in Florida, a cross-country family trip through the American Southwest sparked my love for the natural world.  Rafting through the coal-black walls of West Water Canyon on the Colorado River was unlike anything I had experienced.  

Years later, I packed my life into the bed of my pickup and headed to Utah where I became a river guide.  My fascination with the landscapes and the processes that shaped them inspired me to pursue a degree in geology.

Working for nearly six years as a geologist at an oil company, I felt like a pacifist making bullets.  I decided to leave the corporate life and travel.  I packed up my life into 68 L with the goal of exploring the world and sharing it with others.

I have always been fascinated by people and how each of us are living a life entirely different from one another.  I get lost in thinking about how our experiences have shaped who we are and our perspectives.  The desire to understand individuals in other parts of the world was a large part of my motivation to travel.

I wanted to work with locals to experience their daily lives and exchange cultures.  I did so through WorkAway — a site that pairs workers with hosts doing anything from helping in a garden to herding Icelandic sheep on horseback through the Highlands.  

I have made memories I won't forget, friends from all over the world, and a cabin in the Icelandic Highlands.  I hope you enjoy my website and reach out, I would love to get to know you.