I have a confession to make: I'm a lazy photographer. That's right, at the end of 2022, I got the chance to be a part of the Support Group for Lazy Photographers, which is an online photography course created and run by the super-talented Italian…
I recently created some new portraits with a Portland, OR model named Serenity. For these images, I wanted to create melancholic, pensive, independent, and romantic images that might look suitable for an imaginary perfume ad. We incorporated the…
I would never call myself a landscape photographer (you have to wake up way too early for that), but I do love bringing a camera whenever I go on a hike in the woods. In particular, I enjoy bringing film cameras while hiking because they aren't worth…
This August, I was invited back to Summit Learning Charter to create another round of headshots for their entire staff. They’ve expanded since I was last there, so this photo shoot was even bigger than the last time. I also had to match the existing…
Dave Cesana is a life coach from Portland, OR, and he recently contacted me because he needed both a custom website and personal-branding photography for his business. In the past, I would have been able to just take care of the photography part, but…
Just about everything has gone digital, but thankfully, greeting cards are still going strong. I mean, could you be any more rude than send someone you love an E-card? Nope. You might as well spit in their face. Anyways, In the last couple years, I…
For as much time as I spent inside my home in 2020, I tried to balance that out by spending some serious time on the road in 2021. Last year, I took two major road trips, traveling through 14 states and racking up over six thousand miles behind the…
This summer I’ve been working on my portfolio a lot, trying to push my work in a new direction. I’ve been coming up with shoot themes that are specifically designed to get me out of my comfort-zone. It’s just too easy to just go with what you know…
I recently created product photography for the Fall 2021 candle collection by Alchemy Candles. This was my third round of product photography for them, and again, I matched the look from previous shoots as closely as possible. 3 out of 8 photos are…
It is morning, and the forest is peaceful. The birds are singing and hopping from branch to branch as the sun finds its way through the canopy of leaves. With this serene feeling inside, she walks deeper and deeper into the woods. The allure of the…