Land and Light Collection

Sunrise in Glacier Bay

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Sunrise in Glacier Bay

Sunrise in Glacier Bay was captured in May 2019 during a cruise through Alaska’s majestic wilderness. It was 3:30 AM, and while most passengers slept, I was bundled in four layers, perched on the ship’s bow, determined not to miss a single second of the unfolding dawn.

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In Flight

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In Flight

In Flight was captured in July 2025 during my first intentional foray into hummingbird photography. It’s a black-and-white portrait of a hummingbird mid-hover, wings blurred in motion, outlined sharply against soft, out-of-focus foliage.

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Good Evening Sea

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Good Evening Sea

Good Evening Sea was captured off the coast of Dominica in December 2012, during my time traveling with Semester at Sea. It was our final days at sea—those strange, golden hours when everything should have felt light. But that day carried something heavier.

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Ephemeral Grace

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Ephemeral Grace

Ephemeral Grace was captured on Friday, August 22, 2025. I had stepped outside and noticed a monarch butterfly hanging still beneath a shrub. It felt almost too delicate to be real, suspended there in the late summer light.

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Golden Silence

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Golden Silence

Golden Silence was photographed in a quiet dahlia garden in Hilliard, Ohio, in late summer 2023. The air was warm, the world hushed. This single orange bloom—lit by the slant of afternoon sun—seemed to radiate from within. Flame-toned petals opened in perfect rhythm, unfurling like a breath held and released.

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