

I photographed portraits of CEO Bryan Krug of Artisan Partners for Forbes here in Denver. We chatted about everything from Walter Isaacson to the pros and cons of giving our kids an allowance.


For a New York Times story on AI in design, I photographed founder Lee Mayer of Havenly . Lee and I had met nearly a decade ago after she started the company. It was a lot of fun to reconnect and learn about the ways the company is using AI to suggest design elements - both finding them and utilizing a chat interface to allow laypeople like me to "talk it out" with their design goals.


Last year I was fortunate enough to photograph a job at Ela Family Farms in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Over a decade ago I lived and worked in the North Fork Valley, which includes this western mountain community. I created a photo essay on how rural Colorado was changing at that time. It was nice to go back.
I love cherries. When we lived in Washington, I could buy pints at roadside pop-ups for a dollar in the summer. I got hooked. So I was fascinated to see virtually all of Steve Ela's cherry trees covered in netting.
The trees get a little less light this way, he told me - but they're also much less susceptible to pests when they are protected. Many of the delicious organic cherries we eat in the future will be grown under miles and miles of fabric covering just like this.


I photographed portraits of author Amy Lively at her home in the mountains of Colorado for a story in The New York Times.























For Stern, I took a train ride from Denver on Amtrak's California Zephyr line and photographed the experience. Writer Alex Kraft and I spent two days on the train learning the stories of passengers and savoring incredible views across Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.
Several years ago Amtrak had its own magazine, and I devoured the train travel photo essays produced by editor Jessie Adler and featuring photography crushes like Brinson + Banks and Jesse Reiser. It was thrilling to take my own train trip and document the experience. When my children are older, I'm definitely doing it again.



Portraits of vocational students at the Future Forward school, photographed for Adams County.


Working with Caroline Glover's new restaurant Traveling Mercies, I made GIFs of patrons and drinks at the bar.
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