08/30/2026
Less than a couple weeks ago, I was standing on the edge of Hudson Bay watching polar bears in the wild. Not all that long ago, it felt like one of those experiences I would only ever dream about.
There's something a little surreal about coming home from a trip like this. You spend months planning and anticipating it, and then suddenly you're sitting at an airport gate with memory cards full of photographs and a head full of moments you're not quite ready to leave behind.
Of course I'm excited about the photographs. But I think what I'II remember most is everything surrounding them... the anticipation of every sighting, the people I shared it with, and that feeling of looking through my lens at a polar bear and thinking, I cannot believe I'm actually here.
I've realized more and more over the last few years how much I value experiences like this. The photographs eventually become part of my portfolio, but the experience of making them becomes part of me.
