Basketball Jones

Bobby Jones played on the University of Washington basketball team with Nate Robinson and Brandon Roy. Once in the NBA, Jones proved himself capable when he scored 20 points on fellow young gun Kevin Durant, but he bounced around the league and eventually moved to Italy, where he's played professional basketball for the past eight years.

In 2015, he directed a documentary film about playing basketball in Europe, called "Basketball Jones: The Overseas Journey." He's currently working on a traveling video series with his daughter, as well as a memoir.

Photos shot by me. Art direction (and amazing basketball painting) by Ken Shafer. Assist by Olli Tumelius. Retouching by Jordan Hartley (except the basketball-playing ones).

In the studio with Smokey Brights

For my money, Smokey Brights is one of the coolest bands in Seattle. I've covered them for a newspaper and also shot a single cover for them a few years back, in collaboration with London Tone Music.

We linked back up to do some cover art this summer. I can't share it all, but here are some shots.

A week in Santa Fe with Peter Yang

I had the enormous privilege of studying under Peter Yang for a week in Santa Fe. It's hard to put into words how much I learned… so I'll do it in pictures.

One big takeaway for me: When you're an editorial photographer shooting on location, you have to be able to enter a situation and build a set out of anything. You have to do it quick, and it doesn't always have to make sense. You have to feel it and seize it. Like… when I grabbed a mop bucket from a closet and asked the model to sit in it.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

I recommend that any photographer try out the Santa Fe Workshops.

2018 Special Olympics USA Games

This was by far one of the best experiences of my career. I got to photograph athletes at the Special Olympics, which took place on the University of Washington campus. Here are some of my favorite shots. And here's the article.

I was assisted by Ken Yu and Olli Tumelius.

The Flavr Blue… with blue

I shot some portraits of The Flavr Blue. And I used blue. A guy only has so much originality in him.