Photography
A picture's worth a thousand adjectives.
Natural and urban landscapes captured across some of my favorite places!
**All photos were taken with a Samsung Galaxy S22 unless otherwise specified**
Spokane, WA
As an Inland Northwesterner hailing from Eastern Washington, Spokane was a big part of my childhood.
It's just two hours north of my hometown.
The Great Northern Clock Tower in Riverfront Park
A popular steakhouse located beside the Spokane River in downtown Spokane
The Spokane River
Spring blooms frame the Gesa Credit Union Pavilion in Riverfront Park
The Spokane River in a pine tree paradise
Colorful blocks welcome you to Riverfront Park, Spokane's downtown green space
Washington state is the nation's leading producer of hydropower
Coeur d'Alene, ID
I spent many summers and a few Christmases here; I always love going back and consider Northern Idaho my second home.
It doesn't hurt that I'm a state border baby (WA/ID).
A drone shot of Coeur d'Alene (CDA) Lake **Featured in IDAHO Magazine**
The Coeur d'Alene Resort via drone shot
Tubbs Hill via drone shot
The CDA Resort in springtime
The CDA Resort Golf Course
Kicks in the foreground, with the resort, springtime blooms, and a broad swathe of blue in the back
The top of Mineral Ridge, a popular CDA hiking trail, via drone shot
Mineral Ridge (drone shot)
Mineral Ridge and the CDA River (drone shot)
Mineral Ridge (drone shot)
Self-photo in my natural habitat: the wilds of Northern Idaho **Featured in IDAHO Magazine**
Fiery fall colors just outside CDA
A CDA sunset
The CDA Lake under a steely sky
Tubbs Hill
On the boardwalk at the CDA Resort
Santa Barbara, CA
The city that made me envision a real future in the Golden State through its old-world elegance, gentleness, and peaceful light.
Old Mission Santa Barbara
A church at Golden Hour
Red bougainvillea bespangles a gate
Shoreline Park
The Arlington Theatre, downtown
Santa Barbara from Stearns Wharf
Bell tower and bougainvillea at the mission
Soft, ornamental light, pre-twilight
The Brisas del Mar (Inn at the Beach) as dusk falls
Catching glimmers of Golden Hour in a fountain downtown
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Ganna Walska Lotusland topiary
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Golden Hour church, full-body
Shopping plaza, al fresco
Shopping plaza, al fresco
The historic Granada Theatre
Old Mission Santa Barbara framed by elegant gold-white roses
A tower peeping beyond a thicket and vibrant blooms
Old Mission Santa Barbara
The Cross at the Old Mission
A bee tends to a bright pink bloom
Old Mission Santa Barbara
A view of the Santa Ynez Mountains from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
A meadow in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Leopard lilies overlook a path in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Japan
Photos from my time living in the Land of the Rising Sun.
**All photos in this section were captured with a Google Pixel 6 or Samsung Galaxy A51**
Mt. Mihara on Ōshima Island
The Seiko House Ginza Clock Tower in Chuo City, Tokyo
Tokyo Tower at night
The Godzilla statue at Toho Studios
Toho Studios Godzilla mural
Toho Studios Godzilla mural (zoom)
The Godzilla Slide at Kurihama Flower Park
Akihabara, Tokyo's pop culture ward
Japanese sakura (cherry blossoms)
Delicate Japanese sakura blooms
Japanese cherry blossoms illuminated by lanterns during Yokosuka Naval Base's annual Japan-U.S. Friendship Yokosuka Spring Festival
Japanese cherry blossoms
Japanese cherry blossoms
Sakura trees shedding their petals to form a soft pink carpet on a Yokosuka Naval Base path
Miura City, Kanagawa
Old Japanese army/navy tunnel on Sarushima Island in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Sarushima Island
Mishima Sky Walk pedestrian bridge in Mishima, Shizuoka
The iconic Nagoya Castle
Nagoya Castle
The coastal Arasaki Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
A natural stone arch on Jōgashima Island, near Miura City
The Haya River in Hakone, Kanagawa
The tiny Tamasudare Falls spilling into a koi pond in Hakone
An alley in downtown Yokosuka at dawn
The Cosmo Clock 21 ferris wheel awash in neon lights in the heart of Yokohama
A streetlamp's light halo pierces the darkness in Yokosuka
An urban, coastal walking path in Yokosuka at twilight
An urban, coastal walking path in Yokosuka at twilight
Yokosuka City bathed in evening violet, as seen from my 11th-floor Japanese apartment balcony
Mikasa Park just outside Yokosuka Naval Base, dressed in brilliant late dusk hues
The Port of Yokosuka in a sunset's blaze
Darkness and light in downtown Yokosuka at the break of dawn