random | oakland sunset.

in a homemade greenhouse made of old window panes.

home.

noticed the light. 

chicago | noticed.

ashland | daniel + stephie

when we went camping, i also took a few photos of these two lovelies. they're fantastic as a couple: honest, hilarious, and so loving.

 

muir woods | a rainbow, a hike, & dragon's breath

up & down the dipsea
we roamed...
 

 

ashland | hyatt lake sunset, ii

another take of spectacular beauty!

high sierra trail | day 1 | crescent meadow to bearpaw

after hiking 11.4 miles, we witnessed the sun leave it's soft print while setting into the valley. this experience set the tone for how this trip would be: exquisite. 

for more pics, check out the facebook album. 

high sierra trail | day 0 | san jose to lodgepole

melody / robel / brendon / di / me

7 days
72 miles

this is how it all began...

sunset looking out the back of the truck cab. we drove a giant '96 ford f250 4x4.this is di. 


for more pics, check out the facebook album. 

montana | the sun before the set

the light lingered
until it became dark

montana | the wilderness

even though i stayed in a lovely home in montana, i had to backpack for at least one night. so wednesday morning, i set out to camp at avalanche lake (where apparently, golden trout will jump straight into an iron skillet). but after talking to the rangers, they highly recommended i go somewhere without snow; they said it would be more pleasant. i fought the thoughts in my head that told me "so what? i can handle it," and deferred to their recommendation since i wasn't prepared to hike in snow.

i ended up setting up shop at the base of mount hebgen & hiking it that same day (6 miles round trip). everything about it was exquisite except for getting eaten up by mosquitos and thinking i was going to get attacked by bears. (ack, i wish i wasn't so good at imagining things.) anyway, i never got attacked by a bear, but the mosquitos had their way. to avoid those pesky critters, i held myself captive in my tent and fell in and out of sleep. (there's nothing very entertaining about being confined to a small backpacking tent.) between moments of consciousness, i watched the sunset, saw the sky light up with the cosmos, hand wrote an email, wrote out a treasure map, and finally woke up to the morning dew dampening my down bag.

through that process, i learned that the light shows up in so many forms, and every time, it can't help but unashamedly shine all of its glory.

to roam

i roamed around with my camera for two hours today.


to reflect.
to walk.
to breathe.
to photo-graphy.




it felt just right.