
ALT Landscape photography often rewards slowing down. While photographing Porter Creek after several days of rain, I stopped looking for grand scenes and began watching the smaller movements within the current. Water curled around submerged rocks, creating patterns that lasted only an instant before changing again. Within the Pull explores how black-and-white photography can reveal rhythm, contrast, and movement in places that are easy to overlook. I recently shared the story behind the image, along with why moments like this continue to draw me back to moving water.

ALT Black-and-white photograph of the Deschutes River in Tumwater, Washington, showing calm dark water in the foreground, a narrow grassy riverbank, bare trees, and dense fog softening the wooded background. Subtle reflections and tonal shifts across the water suggest a quiet current moving through the scene.

ALT Black-and-white photograph of the Deschutes River in Tumwater, Washington, showing calm dark water in the foreground, a narrow grassy riverbank, bare trees, and dense fog softening the wooded background. Subtle reflections and tonal shifts across the water suggest a quiet current moving through the scene.

ALT Black and white landscape photograph of weathered alpine trees and pale snags near Timberline on Mount Hood, Oregon. Several bare trunks stand in exposed volcanic ground beneath a dramatic sky. A large boulder anchors the foreground, with scattered alpine trees and open slopes in the distance. The image has a quiet, spare feeling, emphasizing endurance, texture, and the harsh beauty of the alpine zone.
















