My Latest “Masterpiece” – Upper Basin along the JMT

October 17, 2023 Ink on bristol paper, 13″x 10″ While I semi-jokingly refer to this as my latest “masterpiece”, I can’t deny that I’m very proud of this latest drawing that I finished on Sunday. This piece is part of my ongoing John Muir Trail project. In 2015, I spent 25 glorious, arduous days backpacking

My Latest Article – Hiking The John Muir Trail

270 Media – Local Getaways March 8, 2023 I’m pleased to be able to share this latest article I wrote for Local Getaways (270 Media). This is the same group that publishes Marin Magazine, so given my past collaborations with them, I knew they would do a fantastic job with the layout and editing. The

The John Muir Trail Project – Sunrise Camp, Yosemite National Park

July 25, 2022 The second drawing (ink) of my John Muir Trail project. As mentioned in my previous post with the Nevada Fall piece, as I continue to work on my abilities as a drawer/painter, I hope to show steady improvement. My goal isn’t necessarily to have each image look like a photograph. Otherwise, what’s

Trying New Things – An Expanded Visual Vocabulary

July 5, 2022 The opening image of this post is the beginning of a new project I’ve undertaken to interpret my time on the John Muir Trail in 2014 & 2015. Those of you who’ve followed my work since I started this blog know me as a photographer and writer. But I’ve long wanted to

The Mount Whitney Journals – An Excerpt

January 4, 2021 Today’s blog entry is an excerpt from “The Mount Whitney Journals,” a long-term project I’ve been working on. Diligently at times, not so diligently at others. It stands as a prequel to “As I Was Walking” the book I wrote chronicling my two summers backpacking the John Muir Trail in California’s Sierra

As I Was Walking – The John Muir Trail

January 30, 2020 Featuring hundreds of photos and a generous amount of witty narrative and humor, my digital only book about backpacking the John Muir Trail is available through both Apple Books and Amazon. It took me 25 glorious days in the summer of 2015 to wend my way through 226-miles of sublime Sierra landscape.

Autumn Foliage – Sierra Edition

October 29, 2019 While not as famous as the foliage season in the Northeast, we do have some damned fine displays here in California, most notably in the Sierra where aspens are plentiful. For me, living in the Oakland area, I’m a three-hour drive (depending on coffee and toilet breaks) from the Lake Tahoe area.

“As I Was Walking” – a John Muir Trail Book

October 16, 2019 My digital book, “As I Was Walking: Two Summers Exploring and Photographing the John Muir Trail,” has been available since this past March. I’m now working on the prequel, “The Mount Whitney Journals.” TMWJ is the project I was working hard on at the time the John Muir Trail became an almost

End of Year Clearance

December 31, 2018 Surely I could’ve found time to write more than two blog entries (including this one) in 2018, And like any good non-practicing Catholic, I always feel like I need to beg forgiveness for my absence from Blogland/the Blogosphere. Forgive me father for I have sinned, it’s been eleven months since my last

A Year of Photos – 2016

January 15, 2017 Usually these types of blog entries are done closer to the new year, but time got away from me a bit. I’ve also been busy working on my John Muir Trail book. It took me eleven months of nearly daily writing to finish the first draft. Brevity in the written word has