I'm honored to have dropped this series of four decals! Available on OpenSea
These decals showcase the next evolution of my exploration with water which places the viewer into my viewfinder to show them what I see when I am exploring water with my camera. The Ebb and Flow Collection is born of this interaction. That interaction is where I find peace, solace, and everything else I need to survive in this world.
Tillamook
Edition of 10
Tillamook was captured on a river near the coastal town of Tillamook Oregon. It's a favorite river of mine where many of the Ebb and Flow Collection were created. This decal showcases direct light on water, which is one of my favorite things to explore with my camera. The slight ripples of the water reflecting the sunlight is punctuated by the illuminated pollen floating on the surface of the water, evoking a feeling of looking off into the heavens of space and time.
Clackamas
Edition of 20
Clackamas was captured on the Clackamas River near my home, and is a river that I visit nearly every week and have gotten to know well. This decal showcases refracted light, another favorite kind of light. This light happens when the sun is high in the sky and pierces the water in a more vertical fashion, which the ripples then refract into rainbow colors onto the riverbed below, which in this case is a colorful mud several inches below the surface of the water. The ripples are caused by a rock just upstream from my location that is disturbing the flow, causing a patterned structure that gives a bit of organization to it all, which is much easier to see in the full version of the video.
Boardman
Edition of 30
Boardman was captured from the top of a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Oregon's Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, one of the most scenic and rugged portions of the Oregon Coast. Standing on a narrow precipice that has a 270˚ view and a 100' drop on three sides, this perch provides me with so many opportunities to explore the undulating ocean below me, as different sea stacks and the sky reflect in the water. Each time I go here I see something different, as with most cases when photographing water. The more you immerse yourself in the moment, the more you see. And each time you go the water is behaving differently. That's one of the things that I love most about this spot, in addition to the fact that it's a quite different experience than most of my interactions with water which often take place in rivers and streams.
Merced
Edition of 40
Merced was captured on the Merced Rive in Yosemite National Park, one of the crown jewels of the US National Park System and one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. It was my first time in Yosemite as I had always avoided it due to the summertime crowds. Often in the winter I would pass it from the inaccessible side as I traveled home from an extended period of time teaching photography in Death Valley National Park, but after having been away from home for a month already I didn't have the time to take the long detour to see Yosemite.
This time I drove down there specifically and it was an amazing trip. From just happening upon a friend's gallery show that was being hosted in the Ansel Adams Gallery where many friends and colleagues gathered in the back yard of the gallery to talk and tell stories of their times with Ansel, to the day where I captured this alongside my best friend Alex Noriega and friend/Yosemite photography legend William Neill, it was the kind of trip that left a distinct imprint on my soul and brought tears of gratitude. This decal showcases the sky and trees on the riverbank reflecting in a more calm section of the Merced River.