Madonna Di Campiglio

After visiting the French, Swiss, and Italian Alps I can say one thing with certainty: overall the Alps as a region have a very distinctive architectural style (regardless of what side of a line drawn on a piece of paper they happen to now be on). This trip found me...

Travel: Milano

Get out and travel. Don’t sit at home. Find any excuse, any resources, any means, and hit the road. Home is amazing. You most likely have everything you need close by. It’s comfortable. It’s familiar. And that’s why you need to leave it behind...

2013 Wrap-Up

This year has been a whirlwind for sure. Ups and downs, stress and excitement, worry and pure joy. Over the course of this year I had to fight the hardest to stay going since I started shooting full-time four years ago, yet on the other hand 2013 saw my biggest...

Winter is Coming

It’s been a busy few months for DriftwoodFoto. November saw travel from the home base in Orange County, CA to Arizona for more involvement with the Red Bull Illume action sports photography contest/image exhibition, and a whirlwind trek from Boston, to southern...

2013 Red Bull Illume in Hong Kong

I just recently returned home from the Red Bull Illume awards ceremony in Hong Kong. But let’s back track a little to start. A few months back I submitted a few DriftwoodFoto images to the 2013 Red Bull Illume photography contest focusing on action sports...