Passions

Photography

Wide panorama of a desert city at sunset beneath dramatic storm clouds and snow-capped mountains — A panorama facing the San Gorgonio Pass, taken from my backyard during a particularly dramatic sunset.

Hummingbird perched on an agave leaf — Taken in my backyard. I was practicing manipulating motion blur — hummingbirds are unforgiving subjects.

Hummingbird hovering above large tropical leaves — Also from my backyard. Same session, working on finding the shutter speed that keeps the bird sharp while letting the wings blur just enough.

Close-up portrait of a Boston Terrier — Eevee, queen of wherever she is at the moment.

Joshua tree silhouette against a night sky dense with stars — From a trip to Joshua Tree — my first serious experiments with low light photography. Getting the exposure right without a tracker took a lot of trial and error.

Pool at night with red and blue hand-shaped chairs, stars overhead — Same trip to Joshua Tree. The night was extremely still and I tried to capture the reflection of the sky in the pool.

Tall wire sculptures in a flat desert landscape — Shot at the Salton Sea in 2025. The wire sculptures read almost like abandoned infrastructure against the flat horizon.

Mountain ridge silhouetted against a deep blue dusk sky with a crescent moon — From my backyard on a clear night. The window between last light and full dark is short.

Cooking

I cook across a broad range of cuisines with a particular emphasis on pasta and anything with gochujang. I have made Beef Wellington, chewy caramel candies, tea-flavored ice cream, and many forms of dumplings.

Pasta is a focus. I have experience with hand-pulled noodles, Italian pastas, dumplings from scratch, ramen noodles made with kansui, and spätzle. I'm an amateur, but am getting to the point where I can at least tell when the dough is too wet or too dry. Always looking to find new pasta to make.