pictures.

I must have started two dozen posts about this picture. Why? It sure isn’t because it’s a good picture. It’s not. It’s predictable – it’s distant and cold. It’s the 2007 version of the same photograph that we probably take every few years from the same spot. It depresses me that i made this photo. […]

After a bit of general weather coverage we pulled into the red cross shelter in Tillamook. As we pass it, i see this woman huddled in a blanket - she is soaking wet and looks exhausted. As it turns out, she just got to the shelter after spending most of the night in a truck […]

Luckily, I had some cereal and soy milk with me. So, at 4 in the morning, i had something to eat while the power was out and wind was rattling the windows of the hotel. I am kicking myself about this wasted time. I should have been with someone experiencing the storm, not making pictures […]

After sending photos and video from the wind in Florence my boss wanted me in Tillamook - a good decision. If I had left even a few hours later i would have been cut off from the town for two days. The drive was miserable - wind and driving rain. Within 30 miles or so […]

After the football game I made a mad dash out of Eugene and drove to Florence. Thanks to Sol Neelman for talking me through the streets of Eugene, around all the football traffic, and getting me headed west. It was one of the worst drives of my life. Snow on a two lane curvy highway […]

First thing I ever photographed was football. I wanted to be a Sports Illustrated photographer. I used to just love to run up and down the sidelines with 400 lbs of equipment and compete with the other photographers. Now, my back hurts when i do it and i don’t like that competition anymore (because i […]