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Danner Jag Waterproof Boots: 9 Years and Hundreds of Miles
There are a lot of things I’ll overthink before a trip. Jacket choices. Jeans, shorts, and other pant ratios. Whether I need two cameras or one camera and three different lenses. The best bag situations that allow me to breeze through airports, rough streets, and airport security while still fitting all of my gear. Most… Continue Reading
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Porto & Lisbon: our guide and places we’ve recommended to friends
Note: I put this list of recommendations together for a friend several years back and have shared it and edited the list several times since. I thought I’d share it here for anybody interested. See this post for a slightly different conversation about why we keep going back to Portugal. Porto Porto is amazing. And… Continue Reading
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Babysitting: AI
I’ve had the privilege of working from home for most of the week since COVID. It’s one of those perks that makes life feel a little more manageable—especially when you’re juggling kids, schedules, and the occasional afternoon run or bike ride to clear your head. Recently, my 12-year-old daughter was home for the day, and… Continue Reading
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Finding Home in Portugal
I don’t know if everyone has had this experience—but maybe you have. It sneaks up on you. You travel to a new place, and something clicks. It’s the architecture, the landscape, the people, the pace. My wife would probably say it’s an imprint on your soul from another life—a lasting mark from a place that… Continue Reading
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20-Year-Old DSLR / 50-Year-Old Lens
The Metro, for me, seems to be a favorite muse. I travel frequently on the D.C. Metro, a 45-minute ride that takes me from the close-in suburbs of Maryland, through downtown D.C., and a couple of stops across the Potomac into Virginia. It’s not a bad stretch for thinking or people-watching — I only have… Continue Reading
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Sketchbook 2023-2024
I’m not a great watercolor artist, but I do enjoy trying 🙂 Below are some of the watercolor/colored pencil/pen sketches from the past couple of years. Most of these are created from photographs I’ve taken and then used as reference. Enjoy! Continue Reading
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Personal Project: Rebranding Exercise for the Washington Football Team
Role: Creative direction, brand design, presentation designClient: Washington Football TeamHQ: Washington, D.C.Industry: Professional SportsRequirements: I created this rebranding of the Washington Football Team in early 2020 in response to the team dropping their old moniker the “Redskins” and announcing an intent to rebrand. This exercise was offered to the team in 2021 as an option… Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: What is Cancer Video Series
Role: Art direction, illustration, motion graphics and animation development Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: The “What is Cancer” video series was created to offer a base level understanding of the mechanics and causes of cancer to a wide audience. The chosen medium was motion graphics/animation to make the content more… Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the National Cancer Act Campaign Video
Role: Art Direction, story board creation, motion graphics development Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: This video was created in collaboration with the White House and other departments in the federal governement to mark the culmination of a year long campaign which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the… Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: CAR T-cell Video
Role: Art Direction, story board creation, motion graphics development Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: Design and produce a video to explain the NCI’s work to accelerate CAR T-cell manufacturing for clinical trials by creating a new lab in Frederick, Maryland. Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the National Cancer Act Video Series
Role: Art direction, story board creation, motion graphics development Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: The following videos were produced to support the year-long campaign to celebrate 50 years of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971. The targeted audience was the general public and they were designed, created… Continue Reading
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Scenes of Voice
I’ve had the opportunity to live in almost every corner of the U.S. at some point (13 states and counting) and have travelled to most of the rest of the U.S. I’ve lived in the Washington D.C. area on two separate occasions. Both instances have been marked with significant, historical events that have had a… Continue Reading
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Glimpses of Distance
It’s safe to say that there was a surreal sense of unease, disconnect, and loneliness during the early months of 2020 and the Covid-19 Pandemic – especially in urban areas. I decided to play with a vintage manual focus lens, a very dense infrared filter, and black and white images to try and capture the… Continue Reading
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Apparel Design: Publicis Sapient Running Team Shirts
Role: Art Direction, apparel design, messaging development Client: Publicis Sapient HQ: Arlington, VA Office Industry: Consulting Requirements: Create apparel design highlighting the companies new branding and encapsulate the running team’s ethos. Continue Reading
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Print Design: GSRP Brochure
Role: Print design, vendor management Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Medical Research Requirements: Develop a brochure for print to assist with graduate student recruiting and speaks to the benefits of the Graduate Student Recruiting Program at the National Cancer Institute. Continue Reading
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Print & Digital Design: NCI Postdoc Experience Infographic/Fact Sheet
Role: Art Direction, print design, web graphics design Client: National Cancer InstituteHQ: Rockville, MarylandIndustry: Medical ResearchRequirements: Develop an infographic explaining milestones to strive for throughout the Postdoc experience for print and online display.URL: Download PDF Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: IMAT Video
Role: Art Direction, story board creation, motion graphics development, time-lapse photographyClient: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: Design and produce a recruitment video explaining the mission of the IMAT program and prompting applications for research funding provided by the program. Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: Childhood Cancer Data Initiative Video
Role: Art Direction, story board creation, motion graphics development Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: Design and produce a video outlining and explaining the importance of the administration’s proposed budget for the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative. Continue Reading
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Video Design & Development: NCORP Video
Role: Story board creation, motion graphics development Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: Design and produce a video describing the role of the NCIs NCORP program. Continue Reading
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Print Design: NCI Blood Drive Poster
Role: Art Direction, brand design, campaign management Client: National Cancer Institute HQ: Rockville, Maryland Industry: Research Requirements: This campaign design was created for posters, flyers, web banners, and digital banners with placement throughout National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Rockville, MD, and online. Continue Reading