@pickathon.bsky.social is my favorite event of the year. I spent last weekend shadowing volunteers in the Paddock Stage area, the heart of the festival grounds, photographing them at work and hoping to learn something about what each takes from the experience. www.sheepscotcreative.com/pickathon

Back in the woods. #photography #canon #oregon #hiking

Yaya Bey, Sunday night in Knoxville. The last set I caught at #BigEars, one of my favorite of the weekend. She limped onto the stage, sat down, explained that she was injured. And then killed it. Candid and outspoken between songs, a force of nature each time her bandmates started up again. #iphone

It never gets old, hiking into a fairy tale. Last week on the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge. #photography #canon #waterfalls

Alongside a forest trail: a big round manhole cover. On the iron plate, someone had arranged dozens of flower petals. Seven varieties. A memorial? Or maybe an offering. Unexpected, unexplained. More random encounters with beauty, please and thanks. #photography #canon #hiking #pdx

Flow #oregon #water #canon #photography

Between downpours yesterday, I stood out back with my camera. Only a few feet from the door, doubtful a shot would appear, just glad to be outside. Not two minutes later, this Anna’s Hummingbird swooped in. #portland #oregon #canon #photography #birds

February sidewalk blooms in SE Portland. Two months past solstice, the days are getting longer and colors are coming back. #hereforit #oregon #flowers #canon #photography

Funny paradox of hiking: The more you stop walking, the more you see. #hiking #butterfly #costarica #canon #photography

Sunday morning hike in the Gorge. Amply beveraged. #waterfall #pnw #hiking #coffee #morecoffee #andwater #photography

I think about this monkey a lot. His hand over his mouth—pretty sure he was eating, but I prefer to imagine that something monkey-relevant just happened behind me in the jungle and he’s muttering “Oh, my” under his breath. #costarica #wildlife #howlermonkeys #canon #photography

A glass frog egg case, trailside, above a rushing stream. Ew…and cool, right? When these tadpoles hatch, they’ll fall into the water below. They could live 10 years or more if they avoid predators. #frogs #costarica #photography #canon

If you're in SEA, SF or LA, go see Porridge Radio this week, before they head to Europe. They're splitting after the tour. Glad I got myself out on a cold Tuesday night. Dana Margolin was a revelation on stage, her voice and guitar, but the whole band brought it. A strong 75-minute set. #livemusic

Amanda Petrusich wrote about her love of Rain Dogs this morning on IG, which reminded me that Willy Vlautin first turned me onto the album, right around the time Joshua Ferris used “walking Spanish down the hall” as a dark, comic refrain in Then We Came to the End. #albumswriterslove #tomwaits

Waiting for an anteater to cross the trail and then lingering for a few minutes, standing still, while it chills on the trunk above. Hadn’t been on my bucket list but maybe should have been. #costarica #corcovado #anteaters #hiking #photography

Hi, I’m Dave. In Portland via New England, Montreal and Colorado. Been obsessing over music since 7th grade, making mix tapes then, building playlists now. Here are 450+ songs released in the past 5 years that I want to keep hearing. #music #playlist #introduction open.spotify.com/playlist/0pa...

My favorite pics from 2024, four from a series I took of these two macaws. One month ago today, before breakfast, at a family farm in Sierpe, Costa Rica. #macaws #costarica #photography #wildlife