The WorkS

Soft Meets Grit

A crafted contrast where soft loam meets gritty gravel—mirroring the mixed terrain these gloves were made to conquer. Pine needles and pebbles were hand-curated to reflect the dual environments of Wisconsin’s north woods: rooted, rugged, and ready to ride. Styled to channel the outdoors with studio precision—no authenticity lost, only amplified.

In the Beginning

I’ve wanted to connect with outdoor and athletic brands for a long time. But coming from a background in food and lifestyle, I didn’t have the right client work to start that conversation. You can’t exactly send a beautifully lit pie and ask someone to imagine it as a trail shoe—it just doesn’t translate.

So I created a project that would.

Enter Wild Studio—the first leg of a personal series I launched to merge my passion for the outdoors with my love of studio photography. I brought my gear into the woods and started experimenting, using the sport I love and the spaces I adore as both subject and setting. The goal? To bring that luminous, detail-driven studio light into the wild—no backdrops, no props, just the environment and the gear that belongs in it.

Trail Tested Style

Laced up, dirt-dusted, and clearly not here to sit still. Caught mid-motion in the environment they were built for, they carry a little grit, a little glory, and a whole lot of story. Every detail’s intentional: the tread peek, the forest floor, and the way just enough studio polish highlights the features and details.

Drip Dry Drama

I waited on the weather—and it delivered. That perfect summer sky showed up, so I did too. A few test splashes (and a soaked arm later), I nailed the toss. Bright gear, crisp details, and one very dramatic splash. This is laundry day, Wild Studio-style: loud, bold, and timed to perfection.

Trailhead Essentials

Carefully curated to blend with the woods, but still pop in all the right places. These are the pieces that show up, hold up, and clean up (well, mostly). Styled on squishy moss and real trail grit—because dirt is good, and details matter.

The contrast

Wild Studio Sketches

Long before heading north to Wisconsin, I sketched out a handful of concepts—planning compositions, experimenting with ideas, and figuring out what kinds of locations I could find (or assemble) using nothing but the natural world around me. Every product was selected with color and cohesion in mind—because even in the wild, the palette matters.

Back home, I knew I wasn’t done. I wanted to take that same rugged gear and drop it into a more refined studio setting—to see just how far I could push it into the luxe and stylized world.
Once again, I started with sketches…

The Works

Woodland Still Life

A balance of grit and grace. Every piece of nature in this shot—a feather, a pine cone, a stick, a leaf—was collected during my cross-country adventures. Wisconsin to Utah and everywhere in between. Because sometimes the best styling props are the ones that hitched a ride in your backpack.

Race Face MTB Pedals

Stacked like trail candy and twice as satisfying. I had big plans to shoot these in the woods—but I’m not mad about the result. Once I started playing with color, light, and a little gravity-defying rigging, the studio won. Bright, balanced, and built to move—even when they’re perfectly still.

Ride Gear REframed

My new Rocky Mountain Element didn’t arrive until I was back home in Florida, but once it did, the rest came together fast. The whole setup takes the outdoors and stylizes it—using bold, punchy color and texture to spotlight the details. A little trail spirit, a lot of visual precision.

The Moving Puzzle Pieces

With so many stills captured, there was one thing missing: movement. I knew I wanted to show these products in action—to highlight how they flex, function, and grip. That instinct led to the final leg of the journey: introducing motion. It was time to take what I’d styled and start showing what it could do.