Hi, I’m Taylor, a photographer, robotics engineer, and avid adventurer.

I spent years rooted in the Pacific Northwest and recently relocated to Arizona.

I photograph landscapes, night skies, and the quiet details I find on trail and in the field. For years my work was rooted in southwest Washington near the Cascades — big landscapes, changing weather, the feeling of being small under a huge sky. Now I’m working through a new chapter in the Sonoran Desert: different light, different scale, the same instinct to stop and look closer.

I’ve been taking pictures since I got my first 2-megapixel digital camera as a kid. Simple snapshots grew into something more intentional during backcountry seasons as a ranger in Denali, Bryce Canyon, and Jewel Cave. Over time photography taught me about light, patience, and how to translate a moment into a frame.

My interests pull in two directions: the wild and the technical. I’ve volunteered with Search and Rescue, and during the week I work in robotics and engineering — a day job that keeps me thinking like an engineer while the nights keep me looking up. Lately I’ve been focused on full-frame landscape work and astrophotography: long exposures, starfields, and the challenges of shooting the sky, now with desert foregrounds to go along with alpine ones.

When I’m not behind a lens I’m usually outside: scrambling ridges, climbing rock, and getting to know a new range of mountains and trails. I’m slowly rebuilding that outdoor life in a new state, while a good chunk of my archive still lives in Pacific Northwest forests, rivers, and peaks.

This site collects photos, trip reports, gear experiments, and night-sky projects — now spanning two very different landscapes. Thanks for stopping by — I hope something here nudges you outside or gets you excited to look up.

You can also follow along on Instagram @taylor.courier.photo for new shots between site updates.