Still Water

The Orchards at First Frost

Late autumn in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where persimmon trees hold their fruit long after the leaves have fallen. Mornings arrive cold and clear, and the light catches on spiderwebs strung between bare branches like fine lace.

After the Fire Goes Down

The fire doesn't die all at once. It goes in stages. First the flames pull back into the wood. Then the wood becomes coals. Then the coals go from orange to red to the kind of red that isn't quite a colour anymore — just heat with the light leaving it.

Salt Light and Fog

Early morning along the Central Coast, where tide pools hold still water and the marine layer softens every edge. A study of what remains when the ocean pulls back—the quiet abundance between waves.