Description: Last summer I traveled to Bolivia and Peru and instead of taking the over beaten journey to Machu Picchu via the Inca Trail, I decided to take the alternate route, The Lars Trek.  This was a 3 day journey through the back mountains of Peru, topping at 4200 meters (13,779 feet) in altitude.
This photograph [...]

Description:  During this outing, my battery ran dry and my backup failed.  I turned to my photo partner and he let me borrow his Digital Rebel XTi for the remains of the evening.  We continued to shoot in the lights reflecting off the Cliff House.  It was pretty dark and hard to see the entire [...]

Meet Ron.
After lunch, I was in a bit of a rush to get back to the office for a meeting, but I came across Ron asking for change in front of Taco Bell at the corner of California and Drumm.  I explained my project to him and he asked if I would give him $3.  [...]

I recently started the Black and White Dollar Portrait (BW$P) Project. The gist is, I will offer anyone who asks me for money $1 in exchange for their portrait. Every portrait I take will be converted and processed in black and white. This project is a spin off of Thomas Hawk’s $2 Portrait Project.
Meet Mary.
As [...]

I recently started the Black and White Dollar Portrait (BW$P) Project. The gist is, I will offer anyone who asks me for money $1 in exchange for their portrait. Every portrait I take will be converted and processed in black and white. This project is a spin off of Thomas Hawk’s $2 Portrait Project.
Meet Paul.
Paul [...]

Description: Believe it or not, I only took one exposure of this shot.  When I saw the scene, I was intrigued, however, I couldn’t really get the angle I was looking for (so I thought).  All the cars in the road were in the frame every which way I turned the camera and for some [...]

Description: This image was captured at the first corporate event I was asked to shoot.  I was specifically hired to capture images to be used in future marketing materials.  This particular shot is of one of the caricaturist that were present that evening.  The full set from the evening can be viewed on Flickr.
Location: de [...]

I recently started the Black and White Dollar Portrait (BW$P) Project. The gist is, I will offer anyone who asks me for money $1 in exchange for their portrait. Every portrait I take will be converted and processed in black and white. This project is a spin off of Thomas Hawk’s $2 Portrait Project.
Meet Jim.
As [...]

I recently started the Black and White Dollar Portrait (BW$P) Project. The gist is, I will offer anyone who asks me for money $1 in exchange for their portrait. Every portrait I take will be converted and processed in black and white. This project is a spin off of Thomas Hawk’s $2 [...]

Description: The City Lights Bookstore is one of the few remaining fully independent bookstores in the nation.  It was also the nation’s first all-paperback bookstore and has been declared a “Literary Landmark.”  As I walked by the bookstore during this Monday night photowalk, I realized, over the past 8+ years of living in San Francisco, [...]