We bought a house! Pretty pumped to start working hard on tackling projects to update it, upgrade it, and make it ours. I grew up around construction and DIY projects as a kid on Whidbey Island, so for me this has been a chance to put that experience to work to make it ours. The Adventure Begins!
What I'm Up To
I recently accepted a position with Axon, a division of TASER International, and couldn't be more pumped! Axon is the Body Camera and Evidence Management division of TASER, and is a leader in the law enforcement body camera space. I'm joining a small team with great people, and will be the sole designer in the company's new In-Car camera system, Axon Fleet. So pumped to learn and grow and make a positive impact in the world. Onward!
We've been doing a lot of camping and hiking the past year, finding it pretty great therapy from a week looking at screens. I've been shooting photos on those hikes, and while I haven't made time to edit many of them, I have been working on a little side project, going by the name of Cold Coast:
I've been wanting to make some physical things, and also do some more visual stuff to balance all the heavy UX I do in my day job. I've got six designs now, and I even threw together a basic etsy shop. Certainly a work in progress, I need to make time to do some better product photography, but between etsy and art sales, I've paid for the ink and paper I bought so far which is pretty cool!
In preparation for our Senior Show, I was tasked with photographing all 58 students in our graduating class! After a marathon studio session, and many hours of editing with the help of classmates Nick Stoermer and Katherine Wong, we got all the images loaded into the Senior Show website at www.uwdesign2014.com.
Here's a few of my favorites from the full body set:
And here are some from the headshot set:
Spring has really started here in Seattle, and this past weekend we had some solid hiking weather, so it was high time for a hike. Unfortunately, I didn't have a ton of time for something epic, but was able to get to Cougar Mountain for a couple hour loop with my dogs and a friend. I've included a few photos I took during the hike with my little Fuji X10. Felt good to get outside with a camera and fresh air.
