Insights & Stories

Thoughts, insights, and stories on real estate, design, and the places that inspire them.

  • El Morro, Habana

    El Morro, Habana

    The sun had just slipped below the horizon when I made this photograph. El Morro Castle stood watch over the Malecón as the last light softened across the water and the Caribbean broke against the rocks below. I…

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  • Yosemite in Winter

    Yosemite in Winter

    Yosemite in winter is a world of its own—quiet, mystical, and absolutely breathtaking. I took this photograph during a solo trip in January 2018, just after a heavy snowfall. The air was cold, the valley was silent, and…

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  • Ahmed

    Ahmed

    I met Ahmed in Saqqara, Egypt, while exploring the oldest pyramid in the world—the Step Pyramid of Djoser. Long before the smooth-sided pyramids of Giza were imagined, this was where monumental stone architecture began. Built nearly 4,700 years…

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  • The Red Light

    The Red Light

    I took this long-exposure photograph in Amsterdam’s Red Light District years ago, back when I was wandering Europe with my camera and a curious mind. I set up on the edge of the canal, wanting to capture both…

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  • Hanging Lake in Winter

    Hanging Lake in Winter

    I took this photograph at Hanging Lake in Colorado several years ago. I’d been there before with friends, but on this trip I decided to go up alone. I drove down the interstate to the trailhead, parked the…

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  • Vienna Opera House

    Vienna Opera House

    In the fall of 2014, I found myself several months into a journey that had already taken me from Alaska to Hawaii, across New Zealand and Australia, through Asia, and into the heart of Europe. By September, I…

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  • The Falls in Laos

    The Falls in Laos

    This photograph was made at the Tat Sae Waterfalls (also called Tad Sae), tucked along a tributary of the Nam Khan River in Luang Prabang Province, Laos. The falls sit about 18 kilometers southeast of Luang Prabang and…

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  • Cooper Island USVI

    Cooper Island USVI

    Back in 2019, the guys I sail with and I chartered a 50′ monohull out of Tortola and spent ten days exploring the Virgin Islands. It was one of those trips you don’t really understand in the moment…

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  • St Marks Lighthouse

    St Marks Lighthouse

    This week I’m sharing photographs I’ve taken with a drone — a tool that completely changed the way I see the world as a photographer. Before drones were available to consumers like me, I used to wonder what…

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  • Key West Sunset

    Key West Sunset

    I’ve been going to Key West since just after high school, and somehow it continues to feel familiar and new every time I make the trip. I was back again this past July 4th weekend with friends, but…

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