Here’s my annual blog update! (Actually, once I’m finished with seminary I will be updating this more often.)

I continue to work on various photographic projects. A new website will be coming this summer, collecting all of my current project portfolios in one place. During May/June, I’ll be participating in SoFoBoMo (Solo Photo Book Month), right now planning a photo book that combines my love of labyrinths and night photography.

Thanks to some friends in grad school, I’ve discovered Twitter. I post fairly frequently under the name eyeintheworld. It also connects to my Facebook status (something I don’t use very much) if you are a Facebook user.

May 24th marks my graduation from the Pacific School of Religion and the end of a 5 year long journey through seminary. I will be very happy to be done, and a little sad to not be seeing some of my favorite people so frequently anymore. I’ve recently taken a part time chaplaincy job with Sutter Hospice San Francisco and will continue there for the time being. Robin and I are hoping to stay in Oakland for the next year or two (at least); we’ve both come to like living here very much.

In July we will be hiking the John Muir trail, 220 miles from Yosemite National Park to Mt. Whitney. I can hardly wait for the time away for wilderness recharge. It feels too long since I’ve had the chance to just be in the backcountry.

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Grant :: Apr.19.2009 :: life update, seminary, travel :: 2 Comments »

Seattle was great. I spent as much time as I could taking busses out to different neighborhoods, walking around downtown, and visiting art galleries and museums. There was a particularly nice selection of photography at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, and it was free admission thanks to the Boeing Corporation. The first night we had dinner with Robin’s friend from high school who she looked up on Facebook. On day two, I contacted a photographer, Doug Plummer, whose blog I’ve read for the past year or so. He graciously took the time to have lunch with me and I absorbed all the advice I could over a plate of Pad Thai.

After Robin’s conference, we rented a car and drove out around the Olympic Peninsula where we spent a couple nights camping. The Hoh Rain Forest was amazing (this area has the only temperate rain forest in North America), and I always enjoy a drive up the Pacific Coast. If I were to do it all again, I’d love to stay longer; it was our first time in Washington and the Seattle area. Pictures will be coming over the next few weeks.

I’ve put up some of the pictures from our Desolation Wilderness backpacking trip in July. You can see them here.

There’s nothing like sledding in July!
(Thanks to Webb, who’s Therm-a-rest pad suffered at least one puncture on this afternoon.)

And finally, a note: this blog will be moving to my own website in the near future. The content will shift to mostly photography information, but I’ll be sure to also include the occasional update about what’s going on with me. I’m beginning the process of coming out with my identity as a fine art photographer–a plan that is somewhat open ended, but looks to yield some exciting possibilities.

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Grant :: Aug.19.2007 :: life update, travel :: 1 Comment »