Warmer Places
I’m not doing anything super interesting these days. Yesterday I went for a hike and this morning I discovered that by eating oatmeal, I can get away with only spending 20 cents on breakfasts....
View ArticleSwiss Spring Evenings
Evening is the most wonderful time these days. The heat of the day fades and the dusky light filters through, we go on long walks through lakeside parks and dress like we’re in the 1920s, go to...
View ArticleSwiss Thai Food & Fatty Bear Cupcakes
Not only was Friday our last day of college classes, but the eve of by birthday! A bunch of friends and I went downtown to get Thai food, which as overpriced as it was, was absolutely delicious....
View ArticleShapalais! Into the Norwegian Sea We Ventured
We drove to Lofoten under mediocre, overcast skies. Past memories of birthdays past, through the tunnels, past the scene of last summer’s best photoshoot, past ancient abandoned houses and antique...
View ArticleAutumn Wonderland & Housewarming Parties!
The forest near where I live is truly spectacular this time of year… but only for a couple more days! The seasons are changing rapidly. I don’t know where time goes – the days have been just flying...
View Articlethe magic of a new camera.
Something fantastically wonderful has happened in my creative life. Something that will exponentially improve the quality of nearly everything photo and video-related that I will produce in the next...
View ArticleAVALANCHE! …or how to avoid one.
Initially, I’d had pretty mellow ideas of what the weekend was going to be like. At Friday night’s showing of this year’s Teton Gravity Research film, however, we talked to an avalanche course...
View ArticlePatagonian Wildlife Safari!
December 19th, 2010, 06:23 Into the wild we venture. In the car once again, the roadside is alive with ostriches, rabbits, guanacos (which resemble reddish llamas), horses, sheep, and maras (like...
View Articlepenguin beach party
One sight remained high on our to-see list in Patagonia: a killer whale launching itself onto a beach to eat a sea lion. While this sight is fairly rare, especially at this time of the year, we...
View ArticleSpring Arrives: Pictures from the Everyday
While attending an incredibly demanding art school full-time, working three jobs during the week and extra ones on the weekends, trying to produce an incredibly meaningful and thoughtful body of work...
View ArticleA Monumental Experience: Bears, Bergs, and Brilliant Weather
Having spent a day crossing Davis Strait from the foggy, ice-filled wonderland that was Greenland, it was with much anticipation that we approached the Canadian Arctic. Our first stop would be...
View ArticleWhite Whale Wonderland: Cruising with Belugas in Churchill
On a beautifully warm day in Churchill, Manitoba, the Sea Explorer welcomed a new group of passengers aboard. After a long day of travel and sightseeing for our guests, we had initially planned a...
View ArticleA Leap of Faith: The Murres of Cape Walstenholme
After sailing east from Churchill, the Sea Explorer was promptly met with a gale warning. High winds, swell, and poor visibility kept us on the ship for a day and a half, and with white caps ripping...
View ArticleDisko Dreaming
I was out on deck early the morning we entered Disko Bay. Fog surrounded the ship, hazy blue-grey into infinity, light rain and calm seas. As I watched, a giant iceberg appeared through the mist,...
View ArticleThe Heart of Greenland
I first watched Uummannaq appear from the sea. In the golden haze of morning light, a single spire loomed silhouetted on the horizon; icebergs filling the ocean ahead. Mountains lined both side of the...
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