About

The one holding the camera.

I'm not a professional photographer and I'm not trying to become one. I take pictures because I like paying attention — to a room, to the light in it, to people I already know well. What ends up in a set here is whatever came out of that.

This is the personal half of the site. Here for the design work instead? See the UX portfolio

Samuel and his family
Samuel outside with his dog

Outside the work

I'm a husband, a dad, and a chronic hobbyist. Hailey and I live in Bloomington, MN with our three toddlers, which keeps our hands reliably full, and any chance to get outside gets taken. In whatever time's left: I play guitar with a worship team, write and obsessively listen to music, game with friends, read good books, and make coffee I'm probably too particular about.

What I'm into

A running list of what I'm enjoying.

Currently reading

The Traitors Circle

Jonathan Freedland

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson · Stormlight Archive #1

Design & work

Smart Brevity

VandeHei, Allen & Schwartz

Thinking Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

How to Read a Book

Mortimer Adler

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Grit

Angela Duckworth

Design is a Job

Mike Monteiro

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

Lean UX

Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden

Fiction

Mistborn (Era 1 & 2)

Brandon Sanderson

LOTR Trilogy

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Dracula

Bram Stoker

The Stranger

Albert Camus

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

Say hello

If a picture caught you, or you just want to talk shop about cameras, I'd like to hear it.

Thanks for looking.

More of it over on Instagram.