I’m a little late to post these because I had so many photos to go through.
I planned to edit them but each time I tried it looked inauthentic and somehow less rich and beautiful… nature did a better job at making it look pretty and so I left them unedited.
Every single one of these photos is unedited with white balance unadjusted (4800k). This is purely nature doing its job.
What an insanely cool spectacle to watch. Admittedly most of the night to the naked eye involved white whisps with some green and purple flashes and tinting and an intense red pulsating sky for a few minutes around 2am but looking through my lens it was still unbelievable that what I was catching was so raw and so beautiful.
It was a captivating and mildly scary moment. That night I was viscerally reminded that we really are just on a rock floating through space.
If you haven’t seen the documentary “one strange rock” please do. It’s a bunch of astronauts talking about how the earth works with will smith narrating it and it’s amazing.
Love all of you fellow earthlings 🌎🌍🌏💙💚
Shot on a Sony a7iii with a 28-70 mm lens at f2.8, 2-5 seconds iso 1600-3000
Also big thanks to @hawkeyejohnson who taught me most of what I know about photography and is a big part of the beauty you see here and in all of my photos ❤️
I had so much fun capturing all of the magical craziness that was @folk_and_forage festival. We forget that we ate from the planet without big kitchens or farms for a long time… it was so cool to learn how to do that again with such knowledgeable people. It was a treat to be serenaded at every waking moment by talented musicians playing some of my favourite music and to get to join in every now and then. It truly is a magical event. I highly recommend anyone in the PNW to try and get to the next one in autumn!
@_quattlebaum you and the team put something very special together and I’m grateful to be a part of it.
Thanks to all of the contributors, collaborators and musicians. I hope to see you at the next one!
Message me if you are looking for photos ✌🏼🩵
Lots of people to tag so sorry if I missed you!
367 days sober.
I originally made these vlogs for myself (great way to journal if you struggle to get the pen and paper out enough) and I thought I would share because I think it’s important.
Alcohol was fun, but it was holding me back from so much and that fun always came at a cost. Now my fun doesn’t have a hangover, it stays and so do the memories.
Alcohol was a roller coaster for me. It seems like the easy thing to do, it helped me meet many of my friends and seemed to be a quick fix to cheer up but but it was destroying me, mentally and physically and I had no idea how much until I stopped.
It’s scary to think the of things I could have lost, the things I did lose and it’s sad to think of the things that people have lost - lives, friends, relationships, their healthy body.
We all see the happy and fun side on social media and in TV and movies. We rarely see the dark side. That dark side is rock bottom for many.
I don’t want to preach some newfound pias nature but I do want people to consider their relationship with alcohol. Is there something you’re missing in life? Are you unsure of who you are or what to do with your life? I assure you if you don’t find it you’ll at least know where to look if you “get sober”.
The term getting sober is strange to consider. It’s usually reserved for “the worst of them” but it should be normal for anyone. There is no “getting anything” - it’s staying normal, avoiding something not good for you. Sober has a bad wrap but it’s the normal human eperience. It blows my mind that it feels weird for people to say I’m going to live the normal human condition without altering it or “get sober”
Alter your state all you want but THAT is what’s strange.
Drinking and weed culture (and even the drug culture at large - although I have mixed views on this) especially portrayed in music, movies and tv have normalized the daily dependent use of something that destroys the true beauty of the human experience.
Being in good company, experiencing life-changing memories and experimenting can all be done without hurting yourself.
It’s taken my friends lives, many others and almost my own. Please consider “getting sober” for all
Here’s some shots of @klypi__ and @akemie5o at @kellysolympian and one sneaky photo of the VJ legend @cycloptoad . I have lots of cool photography/video gigs in the pipeline. Excited to share them soon! ✌🏼🌊
Got a great view of the surfers at honolua bay in Maui. Here’s a couple of pics. Watching these guys rip was better than any TV. Glad I got a couple of (much smaller) waves in there too. More pictures coming ☺️
