In January of 2019, we were hit with a shocking revelation in the territory. The first confirmed cases of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the USVI. Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, otherwise known as SCTLD, is a devastating coral disease that has been destroying the reefs of Florida since it first emerged in 2014. […]
Living Through the Storm: Hurricanes Irma and Maria on St. Thomas
Hurricane Irma had a ferocity no one could have imagined 09/06/2017 — First Storm Journal ___ At about 9:30am I heard the new winds beginning. These were different from the gusts last night. They howled. Now my timer had started. At any moment I could lose power, meaning losing, lights, fans, running water, internet, and […]
Colombia: Bogotá
As a kid, I remember two specific things about all of my family. Firstly, I have no idea who these people are. But a part of that was because of my childhood in a divorced household. Growing up, my family size was already double than the “normal” (a wonderful blessing blessing and, […]
Colombia: Cartagena
Cartagena is a town until now I had only heard of as a place in music, a place full of romantic charm and history, but not a place I could travel to in reality. That all changed when Cartagena was the first stop in my first (and not last!) visit to Colombia. Cartagena sits squarely […]
Alaska: Top to Bottom!
Alaska has taken me for a ride. A week and a half up in the last frontier has been an adventure, no matter how much planning I did. I was joined by my fellow traveler and lifelong partner in crime, my stepbrother Mitch Harris. It’s an understatement to say we would need each other to […]
Devil’s Marbleyard- Backpacking Training Round 1!
My stepbrother and I are preparing for a big trip this summer, and so this weekend we wandered around Thunder Ridge Wilderness in Jefferson National Forest. Devil’s Marbleyard is an incredible sight to say the least, hard to believe this field of huge boulders is the result of natural processes. My favorite shots are here, […]
Grand Teton National Park
I have returned from a wonderful family vacation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming! The rest and family time was combined with a great opportunity to capture the Teton Mountain Range. I’ve added my favorites to my Miscellaneous Nature series, and all of my photos can be seen on my my flickr page. Here are some highlights, along […]
Project Bucket: Capturing the Memories of UNC and Beyond (Part 3)
People that know me well know this about me: I sleep very little. My days tend to start at 7am, and my days off at 9am, even if the day before only ended at 5:00am. When people hear that I average only about 4-5 hours a night, there is usually two questions I get. The […]
Project Bucket: Capturing the Memories of UNC and Beyond (Part 2)
Didn’t get the chance to read part 1? Check it out here It was one thing to say we would complete the UNC Bucket List, it was another to do it. We arrived back in school for our sophomore year with already 36 items complete, and feeling confident. Our first year we had knocked list […]
Project Bucket- Capturing Memories of UNC and Beyond (Part 1)
The good times and the memories always seem to happen so quickly. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t felt that desire to make great times last, and to capture joy within a moment. That’s why I started documentary filmmaking. My desire to create documentaries comes from an innate desire to capture […]