One of my main hobbies is photography, and I've been blessed to travel around the world for optics events and personal travel. I've collected a few of my favorite photos from around the US and the world below.
Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, October 2024
Big Sky, Montana, USA, 2022 (here to present this paper)
The Sunken Gardens at Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC, Cananda, 2014
My wife's (and grandmother's) engagement ring, a photo which took second place in Optica's annual photo contest in 2018.
My brother's graduation ceremony for becoming a firefighter, Tucson, AZ, USA, February 2016
In the forests between Fussen and Neuschwanstein castle, Germany, August 2023
Harajuku shopping district, Tokyo, Japan, July 2015
Spirit of Hven Backafallsbyn, Island of Hven, Sweden, July 2018
Near Nara by the oldest wooden building in the world, Japan, 2017
Tidal Basin with the Jefferson memorial in the background, Washington, DC, USA, March 2023
Kinkakuji shrine, Kyoto, Japan, October 2017
Train station in Kyoto, Japan, BW, 2017
Sunrise near Lake Katherine, New Mexico, USA, 2020
Longs peak seen over McIntosh lake, Longmont, CO, USA, 2022
Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA, 2015
Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany, August 2023
Near the Okinawa aquarium, Okinawa, Japan, 2017
The Old Main Building at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2018
Entrance to Pololu valley, Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, USA, 2022
River Walk in downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2018
On the beaches north of San Diego, California, USA, 2019
Overlooking Zurich, Switzerland, August 2023