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Field Notes

Working notes from the field.

Short essays on gear, ethics, weather, access, and the working life of a documentary photographer in Alaska.

  • MAR 02, 2024

    Gear

    A Cold-Weather Camera Protocol That Actually Works

    What I carry, what I do not carry, and the warming sequence that has saved bodies at -40°F.

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  • JAN 18, 2024

    Editorial

    Documenting UAA Athletics: Twelve Seasons In

    Notes on covering a Division II program with a single shooter and no second body in the rafters.

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  • DEC 09, 2023

    Field Ethics

    On the Ethics of Baiting Wildlife

    Where the line is for me, and why I will not cross it for a photograph.

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  • OCT 22, 2023

    Aviation

    How Alaska Actually Moves: A Photographer's Map of the Bush

    PenAir, Ravn, Wright, and the strips that don't show up on the IFR charts.

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