Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

I've always loved the classic looks of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It's iconic around these parts. Shot June 2015.

Giant Dipper Tease

We have a lot of out of town friends, so our Santa Cruz wedding was a "destination wedding." We planned several events the week of-- and the Boardwalk was one. I shot this standing in the queue for the Giant Dipper with my wedding party, most of whom were about to experience the Dipper for the first time. So much fun!

Ajax Hand Brake

Close up shot of a hand brake on a train at Railtown USA State Historic Park, Jamestown, California

Serving Shadows

I loved the light and the shadows it was creating on these old serving cups on the old steam train.

Shuttered Cotton Mill

As industries and economies shift, once thriving factories and cotton mills are often left to ruin. I knew people who worked in this mill, decades ago. This cotton mill was in Lyman, South Carolina. The mill my grandparents worked in (just across town) was destroyed by fire a few years back. I remember visiting the dismal and nearly demolished remains of the mill with my grandmother just before the fire. As tough as the years were in that mill, her heart was broken. It seemed that an entire lifetime of memories had been vacantly discarded.

Little Church on the Prairie Across From the Ocean

There’s a magical little place down in San Simeon, if you ever have a chance to visit. Just south of Hearst Castle, I found a beach with sea lions cattle and this little church.

Old State House

Captured on the Freedom Trail in Boston… when I was experimenting with angles. :)

I Am America

Juxtaposed against patriotic colors, this bronze Bostonian street performer brought to mind a poem I was taught in grade school-- the voice of America calling to immigrants across the globe, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me." The poem, "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, is printed and mounted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Our Bronze Lady, like Lady Liberty, says so much about who we are as a country: freedom, liberty, love. Truth, justice and the American way, right? Open arms of acceptance. Open hearts that resonate joy and a genuine concern for humankind... all humankind. I am America.

Flag and Flowers

Red White and Blue and Purple and Orange and… Summertime Happiness. Captured on a sidewalk in Maine… after a heaping serving of a lobster roll.

Prices Have Changed

Antique Tokheim Gas Pump at Railtown State Historic Park, Jamestown, California

Ghost Town Roulette

Antique wooden roulette wheel we found in a ghost town in California, shot with Nikkor 105mm micro lens. I love the etchings and wear on this game. Wonder how many times it's been spun... and how many losses it left behind.

Aerial shot of New York’s Fashion District

A vertical wide angle aerial shot of Manhattan, with the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings and East River beyond. Captured in June.

And The Pursuit of Happiness

We had been in New York a couple of days prepping to sing in Kirke Mechem’s “Songs of the Slave” at Carnegie Hall. I decided to go on a photo journey on our downtime and ended up on the Brooklyn Bridge. I had been running one of the tunes in my head as I turned to take this photo of Lady Liberty. I felt it appropriate to title the photo after the line I was humming when I snapped it, “and the pursuit of happiness.” Seems fitting.

Brooklyn Bridge Tower with US Flag Blowing in the Summer Wind on a Clear Day

Telephoto shot taken from Manhattan of the Brooklyn Bridge tower and US Flag.

Old Trestle in the Fog

Low clouds hover over an old train trestle. Captured in Skagway, Alaska.

White Pass & Yukon Railroad

On the White Pass & Yukon Railway, I stepped out onto the back stoop to capture this stormy shot.

Red Roundhouse and Rusted Railcar

Captured at Railtown, U.S.A. State Park, Jamestown, California

Riddled

Remains of Zurich Station, an old rail line, sit abandoned in the California desert.

Rustic Harvest

Hood of a 1943 Ford tractor against the golden sunset of central California

With Grace and Gratitude

US Flag flies at half-mast over Fort Jackson National Cemetery

Lands End and the Golden Gate on a Lightly Foggy Day

Lands End is a public park on the Pacific Coast in San Francisco, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. This is the view from the walking path, looking east towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Captured with a wide angle lens on a lightly foggy day in April.

Cannery Row

Blues Skies and Old Glory over Monterey’s Historic Cannery Row.

The Old Barn in Spring

A dreamy afternoon with a rustic mindset. Captured in Spartanburg, South Carolina