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Photographs and field notes from Appalachia.
8th Noon is a quiet record of life in western Pennsylvania, on the northern edge of Appalachia, otherwise known as the place where sunlight goes to die. I photograph backroads, open fields, horses, weathered buildings, and the small shifts in landscape that usually pass unnoticed.
Blog
Recent Entries
A New Year Reflection on Resilience and Return
With Christmas winding down, I finally feel the hustle of the holidays settling to a point where I can take a breath of air without inhaling the cumulative stress of the season. My son is still out of school, which means mostly finding ways to interrupt the deluge of...
Snowshoe Resort: A Beautiful Place for a Meltdown
The gods heard my bitching and decided my birthday week would most certainly not have the inhospitable dreariness of a DMV waiting room. Instead, with temperatures flirting with numbers usually reserved for Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex-girlfriends, we slid into the last...
Paper Republic Grand Voyager Review: A Gorgeous Leather Flap
I wouldn’t call myself a writer, which is ironic considering I decided to start a blog. But we can’t all be Agatha Christie; some of us trudge around in the swamp of mediocrity and call ourselves “content creators.” Still, I have my little artistic habits: collecting...
Ode to Liminal Space
My birthday is next week and I’m trying to wrap up as many projects as possible before the holidays swallow my attention whole. Between the hectic moments, finding any kind of solace outside feels nearly impossible. Today it’s raining, the wind cuts, and the evening...
Beaver Deserves Better PR
I live close to downtown Beaver, but somehow I always forget it exists. When you live in the armpit of the county, you tend to flee to the usual distractions: Downtown Pittsburgh, the Strip, even Cranberry now that it has leveled up beyond Applebee’s. But here’s the...
Some Reasons Why
In the summer of 2022, I was walking along a road in my neighborhood when I spotted it — a farmhouse. And not the faux Joanna Gaines variety, but a real one. Over 3,000 square feet, built in 1900, complete with a spring house, tucked against a hill around a wooded...
About
The Human Behind the Lens
I’m not a professional photographer — I just point a camera at things and hope they look intentional. I write and take photos of whatever catches my attention: quiet rooms, roads going nowhere, weird light, old buildings, and the everyday moments that feel too small for social media but too nice to forget.
I mostly document the things I run into without taking any of it too seriously. My commentary is not meant to be irreverent, just lightly amusing, the way life most often is.
Photography
Collected Moments
My photography is cinematic and atmospheric, with rich color and a focus on mood. I’m drawn to natural light, textured environments, and portraits that feel like a moment pulled from a story. You can explore more in my portfolio gallery, where I share recent shoots and personal projects.
Contact
Get In Touch Anytime
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