Mount Hood: A Graduation Climb with the Intermountain Alpine Club

This past June 1st, I had the pleasure of co-leading a student graduation climb of Mount Hood with Ken Stoops, part of the Intermountain Alpine Club's fantastic free mountaineering instruction program. It was an unforgettable day of determination, effort, and triumph with six of this year’s students. We captured many moments throughout the climb, and I'm excited to share our journey with you!

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Mentoring the Olin Father-Daughter Team on Two Bulgers

As the 100 Summits film flickered on the projection screen at Uptown Theatre in Richland, WA, a spark was ignited. After attending this live showing, Ashtin turned to her father, Dean, with a newfound aspiration: to climb some Bulger Peaks. Eight months later, Dean reached out, suggesting I mentor Ashtin and even join them on the trip. It was an idea I immediately loved…

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2023 Update & "Whiteout on Black Peak" Screenshots

It’s been a while since an update. This year has been a wild one and there’s a lot to catch up on. As the pace is slowing a bit now, with winter vibes quickly rolling in, I am going through some video footage from earlier this year.

The biggest update I have yet to mention here is a mountain climbing project I collaborated on between mid-June to early-September. I had the privilege of…

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Mountain bridal shoot with Jean and Brian

I was lucky to get to work with Brian and Jean for a second time. This time they had their hearts set on a bridal portrait shoot. Similar to the engagement photos hike we did last year, this trail rewards with gorgeous Mt. Rainer views, but with only one third of the miles required, we were going to be able to focus more on wedding bridal photos and less on pounding through miles of hiking…

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Day Hike Adventure Photography in Mount Rainier National Park

Anna and Roger had a vacation planned to Ashford, WA and wanted to visit Mount Rainier. While I offer several options for the Mountain Portrait Experiences, we chose a 16-mile round trip trail in the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park. The destination sits at over 8300 feet, stands up over a glacier, and overlooks a dozen ice blue snowmelt ponds, also referred to as tarns…

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Mountain Portrait Experience with Scott & Emily

…I was honestly a little bit nervous about the fact that we would be hiking in the dark as we started out on our hike up to Old Snowy Mountain. This hike was pretty ambitious compared to what I am used to, but at the same time, I was really excited about this challenge. As soon as we started on the trail all the nerves just melted away…

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Mt Rainier Summit trip 2021

…In fact, in all the excitement and planning I overlooked a vital detail. It was now Friday morning at 7am, exactly 24 hours before we were to start the climb, and I woke up to messages and a phone call. It was Aaron and Trevin asking me where I was. I had the wrong date on the calendar!

If I wasn’t able to make it their backup plan was that they would join together to make a team of 5. Fair plan, but that wasn’t going to happen…

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Justin Forsett

This guy played on six NFL teams and in the 2015 Pro Bowl. Now he is the inventor of Shower Pill and most recently the brand Hustle Clean. His name is Justin Forsett. 10 years ago, in 2010, Justin was 25 years old and playing as a starting running back for the Seattle Seahawks. I was living in an apartment at Pike Place and commuting by skateboard everyday to my studio in Pioneer Square. Seattle Fashion Network contacted me to photograph an editorial assignment with Justin as the model.

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