“She Just Took Three Steps”
Our daughter took her first steps with the babysitter. And I’m less disappointed than you might thing. Here’s why.
Journal Entry From the Camp Chair
“For me this is a happy place, yet I’m not quite present in the way I would like to be. As life has become more complicated, in the mostly good ways it does with age and family, the tradeoffs have become more stark.” This one is based on the notes in my journal written from…
Take Me Camping
Notes from my first camping trip with our daughter.
In Bloom: Connecting with Place and Season
You won’t find me seeking out fields of flowers for posed photos like you see on Instagram, but you will always see within my photos a connection between place and people. Something I want more of in my life is connection to my environment. You can see that in my photography – we tend to…
Why I Write Newsletters
“A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph per se. [It] carries with it another thing, a quality that the artist responds to…. “The documentary photographer is trying to speak to you in terms of everyone’s experience.” – Dorothea Lange Sometime I question my email newsletter. I know that I love the process of reflection…
Film Photos Feel Like Live Music
We love live music because it is full of soul. We are seeking a shared experience, and those imperfections make us feel like we were there, in the room with the musicians. It took me a long time to understand my dad’s love of recorded live music. I remember weekend mornings in our living room…
I Take Pictures of People at Peace
“…no single emotion describes my work. In fact I hope to honor the reality that leaning into all of the emotions – joy, wonder, love, awe, even sadness – is what eventually brings us peace.” One thing that business educators always agree on is the “one-liner.” A single sentence that at once answers two basic…
How Photography Shapes Reality
“In a nutshell, when you engage in a story, there is very little difference between hearing it or seeing it…and living it.“ I have a rotating desktop photo, pulled randomly from a folder full of my all-time personal favorites, and this one popped up today. It made me pause and think hard about how much…
Documenting the first year of life
I can photograph your child actually walking for many years to come. But they only learn to walk once. The years pass more quickly as I get older. The days and the weeks (heck, the decades) start to feel more similar. I am changing less, and the way I experience the world is changing less, so it all…
Golden hour in black and white
Golden Hour has become a household term for anyone interested in outdoor photography. It refers to the hour(ish) after sunrises or before sunset when the light is soft, glowy, and warm. If you want all the technical details – when it happens and how to photography it – I suggest this article by Expert Photography….