Omari

Hey, it's me! I’ve been a documentary photographer for 17 yrs, software engineer for even longer, and plenty of other things in between.

pianissimo: How to move a piano (part 1)

7 years ago 2 min read epic adventure tools street photography travel san francisco equipment

Part of the magic of a piano is that they are always surrounded by art. Designing them is an art. Playing them is an art. Recording them is an art. Tuning them is

A Tall Ship's Long Shadow

7 years ago 3 min read epic adventure portraits tools water construction in memoriam charity I'm on a boat san francisco

Last week, I and a number of other Googlers answered the Call of the Sea, volunteering time, labor, and a bit of ingenuity to further the construction of the Matthew Turner, a historically-inspired

Portfolio Brainstormin'

8 years ago 3 min read business photography epic adventure prints technique deep thoughts street photography pole vault

As I've been working to update my portfolio for the first time since 2013 (when I took this picture), it's again occurring to me that the traditional sense of a portfolio as a

Timber, Day 2: Tetris

8 years ago 2 min read

In the months that passed since the first work day, the entire demeanor of the terrain had changed. Drought, wildfire, and clouds of dust had been replaced by rain-induced landslides and a smattering

A Glimpse Behind the Curtain (Behind the 25, part 8)

8 years ago 5 min read because racecar epic adventure night photography cars car track monochrome portraits deep thoughts 25 Hours of Thunderhill street photography

Evil lairs are always inaccessible. Impenetrable. And the constant distance creates an aura of mystery about the place. A handful of interactions grow into a half-true caricature of the people who actually reside