This portfolio site is in major need of an update but life has kept me too busy to tackle it just yet so I wanted to quickly mention a few projects I’ve been working on when not teaching and working on non-art/design projects.

Blackwater Buccaneers & Lumen PhotoVocab Game

I finally self-published Lumen PhotoVocab Game. Lumen began as my 2021 MFA thesis project on game-based learning and it and my game publishing company Blackwater Buccaneers have been a major focus for me since graduating. You can learn more about Lumen at BlackwaterBucs.com .

  • So much work goes into Blackwater. I have a design assistant that helps me with some things but I still spend a lot of time on design and social media. Recently I redesigned Blackwaterbucs.com. I’m learning a new system but am slowly figuring it out.
  • Lumen PhotoVocab Game was officially released!
  • I’m collaborating on a Photo Ethics game with several others.
  • Many other projects are in progress.

Teaching

I teach graphic design and photography online for Upper Iowa University. This past year I taught Graphic Design History for the first time and Digital Photography several times. I finally got my Digital Photography course updated the way I want it so that was a big win.

Volunteer Work

I devoted a lot of time this past year to volunteer work, mostly for the Society for Photographic Education. It was my second year serving as Vice Chair/Secretary and a lot of my time went to helping to plan and do design work for our annual conference. It took place in October in Hot Springs, Arkansas this year and turned out great, but wow, so much work. I’m excited our team will be bigger this coming year.

Photography, Art, and Design

  • Began a new photography series incorporating light painting, movement, and energy.
  • Exhibited in several juried photo exhibitions.
    • SPESC 2024 Member’s Exhibition (Prometheus’s Gift from my new light painting series)
    • SNAP at Buckham Gallery (Stepfather from my #MeToo series)
  • I’ve continued to dive deeper into filming, video editing, dance, storytelling and so on.
  • Lots of interior design projects. One led to my first viral video on TikTok. 3.7 million views!
  • and the list goes on but this is all I have time to report on for now.