Cedar & Shore Studio LLC

08/25/2026

I need to apologize for lying to all of you.

For quite some time, I have been telling people that I had a 3.97 GPA. After receiving my updated transcript, I discovered that this was false information.

My actual cumulative GPA is 3.98.

I regret understating the truth by an entire one-hundredth of a point, and I hope everyone can forgive me during this difficult time.
Joking aside, I officially graduated from Peninsula College with an Associate in Applied Science-Transfer in Media Communications: Web & Interactive Design. I was also awarded the President’s Medal for Scholarly Excellence.
Those words on my transcript represent two years of hard work, long days, late nights, a complete career change, and a commitment to building a new future. I am proud of the degree, grateful to everyone who supported me, and deeply honored to receive this recognition.
My journey at Peninsula College is not over. I look forward to continuing my education in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Management program, studying marketing and entrepreneurship. I intend to bring the same full-force effort to this next chapter.
If you would like to support my college journey, please consider shopping my online store or hiring Cedar & Shore Studio for drone services, photography, video production, or other creative work. Every purchase and project helps me continue building this business while pursuing my education.
Apparently, my first assignment is correcting every place where I accidentally sold myself short.

08/25/2026

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08/25/2026

A slow, cinematic drone flight follows the shoreline of Ediz Hook toward the former McKinley Paper Mill in Port Angeles, Washington. Lyrics from “The Hours We Give” appear over the water, reflecting on how quickly the years pass while we are working.

08/23/2026

At McKinley Paper Mill, people called me Superman. I took it as a compliment.

Years later, after the mill closed and I returned to college, an English composition assignment made me look at that nickname differently.

That essay became The Weight of the Cape, and the idea inside it became The Hours We Give.

This is where the song began.

At McKinley Paper Mill, they called me Superman. Later, that nickname became an essay about work, identity, ambition, and The Hours We Give.

08/22/2026

How many hours of our lives do we give away working for the life we're supposed to be building?

I've been working on something different.

The Hours We Give is a song about work, responsibility, ambition, sacrifice, and the realization that the time we keep promising ourselves we'll enjoy someday is the same time we're spending right now.

The people I've shared it with so far have connected with it in ways I wasn't expecting, so I think it's time to let it go out into the world and see where it goes.

For this first release, I paired the full song with drone footage I captured around the Olympic Peninsula. This isn't the final music video. Right now, I want the song itself to have a chance to find the people who understand it.

If it reminds you of your own life, I would genuinely like to hear why.

The full song is linked in the comments.

Listen to 'The Hours We Give,' reflecting on our dedication to work and how it impacts our lives and time.

08/13/2026

Sheriff’s Office, Sequim Police Department, and prosecuting attorney led presentation at The Lodge

08/13/2026

08/04/2026

Looking through old photos and realizing that I had an eye for composition in photography before I could place a name on the techniques. How many compositional elements can you spot?

Photos were taken in 2020 with a cheap cellphone.

07/30/2026

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