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Photo Wall, 05.19
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Photo Wall, 05.19

We make it a point to take ‘ussies’ when we’re out and about and have a stack of prints that is always growing. Rather than just keep them in a box we wanted a fun photo/memory wall. Pinterest provided a range of ideas and I took inspiration from here and there then set about…

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Overland Art, 12.18
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Overland Art, 12.18

I started working with a tablet app called Procreate after seeing a buddy at the office (@wafflegripper) do some drawing on his iPad. Its been a…

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Fluid & Flower Studies, 03.18
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Fluid & Flower Studies, 03.18

Continuing on from some previous work, here's another batch of what I'm calling fluidstuies. This time with flowers added into the mix. Here's a few highlights and there are about 30 images from this weekend in the...

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Thundersuit Assault MOC, 02.18
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Thundersuit Assault MOC, 02.18

...Back in January we went to check out Bricks LA, a Southern California Lego fan's utopia. I totally got bit by the MOC bug. In LegoLanguage a MOC is "My Own Creation" and something built from imagination and exploration. The Bricks LA event was fun for all ages and as an...

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Quick Winter Getaway, 12.17
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Quick Winter Getaway, 12.17

For the first time in years I took the week between Christmas and New Years off. It was time to get a few nights of camping in, ultimately ending up in Vegas to attend a wedding with Beth. Christmas Day I had everything loaded and ready, so the next morning I was on the road about 6AM. 

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UTCO Vacation, Landscape Photos, 08.17
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UTCO Vacation, Landscape Photos, 08.17

I wanted to share some of my favorite "real" shots from our trip in one final post. These are pushed to some degree for color and clarity. We were blessed with great skies for nearly the whole trip and only a bit of rain and a touch of hail. 

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UTCO Vacation, 08.17
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UTCO Vacation, 08.17

...Whenever I get to drive through southern Utah there are two must-dos along the way. The scenic highway 12 and Goblin Valley. As we made our way towards that direction from here in SoCal, we stopped along the way in Vegas for lunch and a walk-through of the Bellagio to stretch our legs before stopping at our destination for the day in St. George. We wandered the town a bit...

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Behind the Scenes Boots, 07.17
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Behind the Scenes Boots, 07.17

We moved our work studio recently (its our 4th or 5th move) and I realized I hadn't done many (if any really) behind the scenes pics in our last space so when I needed to shoot a stylized boot collection for one of our dealers I saved a sequence along the way. I won't bore with too much technical detail and instead just dive into some pics...

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