portland

Took a long weekend to Portland, Oregon to visit friends! 

And, once we got back, dinner at Nostrana

Spotted remnants of the covid era

Went out to dinner at the Portland City Grill, the tallest building in the city

dr. jill biden

I got to photograph Jill on campus a week ago - very peppy, pretty and positive!

US Secretary of Health and Human Services

fiona hill visits

Last week Wednesday Fiona Hill, Former Senior Director for Europe and Russia at the United States National Security Council, came to visit, and I got to hang out and follow her around.

https://red.msudenver.edu/2022/fiona-hill-putin-distorting-history.html

utah road trip

Great friends, great times

covid, two years later

Very proud of this retrospective I just finished, take a look!

https://red.msudenver.edu/2022/two-years-after-classrooms-went-dark-a-college-campus-reflects-on-its-pandemic-journey-.html

miami

From this:

To this!

Catch of the day

taos time

 Always a lovely visit

Those funny looking houses in the distance are earthships - sustainable and ecofriendly houses that are always a constant 70 degrees in the desert heat.

The border

denver fire

This week I had the opportunity to photograph and hang out with the cadets at the Denver Fire Academy for this story: https://red.msudenver.edu/2022/cities-and-suburbs-face-growing-wildfire-threat.html

An especially important job considering climate change and the dry American West. I had carte blanche access to wherever the firefighters were going.

Typically in a work day I am managing photographers and videographers, attending meetings, scheduling shoots, responding to questions and emails, editing photos and video, sending photos... the list goes on. It was a treat to shoot an assignment and so much FUN! 20 years into my career I feel very lucky I enjoy it as much as when I first started, and that I get to make a living taking photos, which to me is really just creatively observing.

I too climbed this ladder... with gear...