Late Bloomer Photography

04/10/2026

Cotton Candy Clouds 🍬☁️🌤

Another amazing spring sunset tonight

04/09/2026

Goodnight from Newport

This might just be the most magical sunset I've experienced here yet 😍

04/04/2026

Another GLORIOUS sunrise over Yaquina Bay this morning in Newport!

Even had the coast guard bless me with their presence 😍

They actually make this trip every morning that I've come out here like clockwork and it's kind of funny cause they'll be going pretty fast when entering the bay but as soon as they're about to go under the bridge they slow down drastically.

I always like to imagine that they're aware of me and they slow down to model for me so I can get the perfect shot of them with the rising sun and the beautiful bridge 😅

04/01/2026

The sunset in Newport yesterday was the type of sunset that just makes you feel good regardless of how s**t your day may have gone...

03/24/2026

🙌🏽 Sunrise over historic Yaquina Bay bridge in Newport, Oregon this morning…

Late Bloomer Photography

02/15/2026

They say if you do what you love you'll never work a day in your life.

Well, between Spinning Sands creating her art in the sand and me capturing it with my drone in the air, we're both working incredibly hard while doing what we love and it is the sharing of that love with the world that is more than just a job...

It is our mission! ❤️

Happy (late) Valentines Day 🥰

02/15/2026

Ooo 😍 to stream or not to stream? 🤔 that is MY question 😅

Rake Day!!! SUNDAY, February 15th...

It looks like a no rain afternoon. Beau and I hope to be on the beach by 3:30pm. Milepost 151.5 😎

The design should last well past sunset!! 🤞🤗 💞

01/23/2026

Despite the derailed freight train, I really like this photo and think it captures this part of the tiny town of Toledo quite well!

If you've ever driven past this paper mill here, you can also probably smell this picture! 😣😆

01/23/2026

Thorough update for those interested.

Complemented with some great shots taken by yours truly 🙂

12/13/2025

3 weeks in to my recovery and I am finally able to feel like I can even talk about it...

I didn't just fracture and rotate my femur. No. I fractured and rotated my spirit. 😭😂😭

To say this hasn't been easy is putting it lightly. And to think I was already struggling before this accident.

Now, I've been struggling not to believe wholeheartedly that the light I was seeing at the end of the tunnel was indeed just a train! 🚇

I'd like to think I know better. Truly, I would. And for my kids sake I have no choice in the matter really. They depend on me and therefore I must convince myself that everything is going to work out. That everything is going to be okay.

But I'm not one for lying and especially not to myself. I don't know what the future holds for me but I do know so long as I stay strong then nothing can bring me down.

There within lies the problem. Staying strong isn't exactly my strong suit. Go figure! I'm a recovering addict who in the past 8 years has managed to quit smoking ci******es, w**d, he**in, and m**h. Not som**hing I am proud of and it's also not som**hing I have ever mentioned publicly.

Becoming strong is what I was and still am working on. Finding the strength in myself to not give up nor give in is an every day challenge. And now with this injury I am finding it all the more difficult.

BUT I REFUSE TO LET IT GET THE BEST OF ME!!!

I have come much too far to stop now and I have much too much to live for. I might be only hanging on by a thread, but at least I'm still hanging on!

I know it might seem like I stopped a long time ago considering I haven't been active on Facebook for quite some time but I promise I'm doing everything in my power to be coming back better and stronger than ever!

I appreciate everyone's support. Always. And all I can ask for is patience and understanding. As I give myself the same.

Thank you all 🙏❤️‍🩹😊

Joel

P.s. it's not a video of the accident, I just wanted to share a trick that I was proud of doing after not having skateboarded in years I was getting back in the groove and it was helping motivate me to be active and I was also able to start teaching my kids how to skate also! I just might have to give it up for good this time tho so now all I have left are these videos, memories, and 3 giant screws in my leg! 😅

11/23/2025

Just broke my hip bone in a skateboarding accident and am headed into surgery. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers 🙏 ❤️