Art class with 8th graders
I had an awesome morning earlier this week demonstrating 19th century tintypes to a group of very cool 8th graders in Rachel Giterman’s art class at the James W. Rice Elementary School in Phoenix. We...
New Adventure: Art Fairs!
In yet another fork in the road in Mark’s long list of “careers”, I’ve decided to give Art Fairs a serious go. Several things kinda clicked into place so that it made sense for me...
The Bush Fire Saguaro
Late last year I worked as the drone videographer on a documentary film project about wildfire in the Sonoran Desert. I shared some of my footage with a friend of mine who spotted this one...
Land and Fire – Drone Reel
Over the past year I have had the opportunity to work on a series of short documentary films about land management as it relates to wildfire in the American southwest. I’ve linked to the end...
2021 Year in Review
The other day I imported a new batch of photos into Lightroom. I keep my photos organized into folders with the date and a rough description of the subject matter in the folder name. While...
Albert the Desert Sprite
Kari was fortunate enough to have Mark Klett for a professor during her graduate studies at Arizona State University, and I’ve been thrilled to get to know him in part by tagging along on his...
Glassblowing workshop
I have a hard time coming up with good ideas for gifts for people. I want any gift to be meaningful, both as coming from me and for the recipient. For Kari’s birthday this year...
Medio Fire Documentary – Drone Videography
The project In August, 2020, a fire started in the mountains northeast of Santa Fe. The Medio Fire, as it was called, provides a good case study for how proactive forest, fuels, and fire management...
Troubadours – Tintype for Album Art
Early this year I was contacted by a member of Troubadours, a Phoenix-based band that plays music “at the crossroads of Rock, Folk, and Free Jazz”. They found my tintypes on my website and contacted...
Catalytic Converter Theft
I have yet again become another statistic, this time as a victim of catalytic converter theft. Fortunately (?) for me, it was only attempted theft, and the short-term fix “only” cost me about $55. The...
Drone pilot for hire!
Since earning my FAA Part 107 sUAS Commercial Drone Pilot license I’ve registered on a couple of websites that connect drone pilots with various people who need aerial photography or videography. There is a wide...
I’m officially a pilot!
…but don’t let me actually fly a plane… I’d been thinking I should really look into getting my commercial drone license for several years, but never got around to it. The information about it is...