Aven Comstock

The year was 2006, and Aven and I had just graduated from High School. For me, it was the magical summer between high school and college, where I still lived at my parents house in Missoula, yet was counting down the days until I moved 200 miles away to Bozeman. I skated as much as I could and was very interested in photography, especially of the skateboarding variety. This spot was an existing jersey barrier that someone had poured concrete onto, making a skate-able transition. This was the only time I had ever skated it, and now it is defunct. I was just figuring out how to use my off-camera flash, and I am surprised that this came out as good as it did. This photo just reminds me of skateboarding in high school with good friends.

Butte

Butte America can best be described as "unique". Butte is often seen as "run down", yet the people still seem to make life work here. The town itself is full of interesting humans and architecture, which is a major attraction to photographers such as myself. I hope that these boarded up homes are not a possible foreshadowing of the end of Butte.

Jumping Spider

I noticed this spider hanging out on my windowsill and decided to get a few photos of it with a new macro lens.

Fletcher Eidum - Cascade Montana

Went on a trip yesterday from Bozeman up to Great Falls. We stopped in windy Cascade for a quick session at their pre-fab skatepark. Every grind-able surface was unbelievably waxed, yet Fletcher had no problem with the pivot fakie.

Fiona

Photographs of photographs-in-progress...

Dave Biesel

This is a process called mortencage. Basically, you place finished prints into a tray of potentially deadly chemicals and wait for it to dissolve. I put about ten prints through the process, and this one came out the best.

Cat. Corciano, Italy 2008

In 2008, I spent a few months studying abroad in Europe. I shot thousands of photos, but this was always one of my favorites.