My charitable donation this month went to a 16 year-old violinist from the Oakland area named Casadora Boone. Cassie, as she is often called, is trying to raise enough money to go on tour to Cuba with her youth orchestra this summer. The cost of the trip is nearly $4000, a large sum of money for a…

These photos are funny for me to look at all these years later. At the age of 30, I ran off to Florence, Italy to undertake a year-long post-bac program in Museum Studies. It was my second time living in Italy as a student, the first time being during my undergrad days. I was nervous and excited ab…

I've been shooting some new work for my portfolio. I still love doing portraits, but I'm finding that I'm also heavily drawn towards shooting still life and travel images. So, I want to expand my portfolio a little. I think my affinity for still lifes is due to the fact that they're…

I got this plant a few weeks ago and promptly named him Jojo. I don't ask me why that was the name that came to me (or, ahem, why I'm even bothering to name plants), but that was immediately what I decided on. Buying flowers for my apartment is pretty much a weekly thing, but I'd never…