Every bird
has a story.
Part photography portfolio, part field journal, part lifelong collection. FIELD MARKS follows the birds I find, the places I explore, and the photographs I bring home.
In the field / OspreyThe story
behind
the shot.
Some photographs start with a plan. Others happen because you took the long way around a marsh and decided to stay ten minutes longer.
This site is where I share what I saw, how I photographed it, and what I learned along the way. The cards grew out of that work—never the other way around.
Explore the photo gallery ↗Recent field notes.
Birds, places, gear, misses, lucky moments, and the stories that don't fit on a trading card.
From the first bird to fifty-three.
Looking back on a season of birdwatching and photography in Hawai'i.
Read entry ↗A growing
list of
encounters.
One bird at a time. The life list tracks the species and places behind the photographs—not the contents of a booster pack.
Browse selected sightings ↗
Made to be
held.
FIELD MARKS takes original bird photographs out of the camera and into the hands of collectors. Every printed card is its own little piece of the journey.
The full collection stays offline. You'll find occasional previews and project updates here, but not a card-by-card archive or every Behind the Shot story. Discovering what's inside is part of opening a pack.
The FIELD MARKS project ↗Out in
the field.
New photographs, FIELD NOTES, FIELD SESSIONS, and a little behind-the-scenes look at the collection.