The Land of White

This is the final product of the image for The Land of White. The image is designed in a manner that fully represents the message and culture of the book. The doll is made of organic wool fiber, the oak tree made of lichen and handspun wool dyed in black walnut husks, the clouds are plumes of uncombed merino, the sunset made of naturally hand-dyed habatai silk. Each detail is designed to promote the effect and power of the story’s message.

Makeshift Studio

This is my makeshift studio setup in my garage! I have to laugh a little, but I'm actually quite pleased with the result. This is for the childrens book The Land of White by Rebecca Burgess. I'm creating the imagery for the book with the goal of using all natural materials and colors.

This is a scene where a main character sits beneath her favorite oak tree in the morning. I formed the tree with wire and paper mache, then wrapped it with brown yarn that we hand dyed with black walnut. More on this process to come!

Quite Present

I woke up very very early this morning to drop a friend off at the airport. When I got back home, this was the what I saw. Wonderful!

Family History

A couple of weeks ago my Grandpa Jim came to visit and he brought a lot of old negatives that he had recently found. These negatives were all from his mother's (my Great Grandmother's) childhood. I took them with a smile from him and began scanning them into photoshop.


These were shot in Marin, and in many instances I can recognize the geographical location! The greatest difference between now an then is so clearly the undeveloped marshland that my ancestors used to swim in regularly.


These photos are a treasure for a number of reasons; even though they are of my family, I think anybody could enjoy these relics.



The entire collection which is still growing can be found in my "Access" tab.

On a separate note, this is my first real experience with scanning negatives. I used a flatbed hp scanner and at 2400 dpi. The scans took some time, and I noticed that blown out highlight information would not be captured. This differs from the darkroom because you could always burn a highlight in if you exposed it long enough. A flatbed scanner just scans the whole negative at one brightness, and the same time for all portions of the negative.

I'm actually pretty excited about the results, but I wonder if a higher quality dedicated negative scanner would pick up highlight information more effectively. I'm sure I'll find the answer some day as I still feel shooting film and scanning the negs produces the best product.

Beginning of The Elementals

I recently began my newest photographic journey. I believe that every object, "living" or not, has a consciousness. I've noticed that trees and rock formations sometimes reveal themselves to humans who are looking. This Redwood I found at Lake Lagunitas seemed quite exuberant.

This contemplative Oak I found in my own backyard!

I will be posting more as they present themselves to me.