The world through my lens
I've had the honor to stand at some of the most impressive peaks, in the valleys with the world's most dangerous beasts, under the ocean's powerful current. All while documenting every moment with a camera.
I'm not a content creator who goes outside. I'm someone who goes outside, and knows how to translate what that feels like through a camera.
Currently based in Los Angeles. Ready to go anywhere.
Shot from mountains, oceans, and everywhere between. All shot and edited by me.
Brand storytelling, campaigns, and content built to brief. Not always outdoors, but always exceptional.
Some examples of my first-person outdoor writing
"What happens if someone falls in one of these holes?" I ask my guide as we stand on the side of a glacier. 500 feet deep holes surround us on both sides. They are so deep the ice just turns to blackness, a void…
"What happens if someone falls in one of these holes?" I ask my guide as we stand on the side of a glacier. 500 feet deep holes surround us on both sides. They are so deep the ice just turns to blackness, a void. A small ice bridge no more than 4 feet wide sits between them. We have to ski across. My guide looks at me and says plainly "We keep skiing."
That's when it really set in. No room for error. I take a deep breath and push forward, shaking, I can't help but look over the edge as I ski past. Bad choice. I begin to shake, fear. Fear is a curse. I calm myself, speed up, and make it across the bridge.
On the other side of fear I now see the beauty of the mountain I'm on. I pull my drone from my bag and launch it in the air. The group above us walking along the ridge-line look like ants. Their colorful jackets shining against the white snow.
We were tiny figures on an incomprehensible scale of snow and rock. I wanted to share the feeling I had felt so small, so insignificant, but also a part of something so much bigger. Someone in the comments said it looked like National Geographic. When the image I capture makes someone feel like they are there with me, that is when I know I've done something right.
One night from the summit of Kilimanjaro and my body started filling with fluid. HAPE — High Altitude Pulmonary Edema. I was weak, blacking out, and still begging with the guides to let me push to the top. It was right there. I could see it. I could basically touch it…
One night from the summit of Kilimanjaro and my body started filling with fluid. HAPE, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema. I was weak, blacking out, and still begging with the guides to let me push to the top. It was right there. I could see it. I could basically touch it…
They didn't budge. I didn't make it. Hours later I was throwing up, delirious, and being forcibly put on oxygen. A group of porters carried me down in seven hours, a descent that normally takes two days.
In the hospital that night, I felt something surprising — a sort of clarity. The mountain showed me what the outdoors actually is. It's not a backdrop, not a photo, not a weekend hobby. It's a force. And I've been trying to capture that force on camera ever since.
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