Sometimes It Finds You. Sometimes You Have to Go Deeper.
There is a particular kind of seeing that has nothing to do with your camera settings, your lens choice, or the quality of light at that moment. It happens before any of that. Sometimes it...
What most people miss at the obelisk
A lesson in seeing from the Plaza de la Constitución, Saint Augustine There is a monument in the middle of Saint Augustine’s Plaza de la Constitución that most people photograph once and move on. The...
Why Two Hours Was Never Enough
On the people who walked with me — and what they taught me about seeing I want to tell you what I was really watching on our walks together. Yes, I was watching the light....
The Photographer Moves Differently
There’s a moment that most photographers recognize when traveling with others. As the day is unfolding — plans in place, locations to visit, a natural rhythm takes shape to accommodate how everyone moves through the...
Including Yourself in the Photograph — Without Losing the Place
I’ll admit it — I’ve never been especially drawn to selfies in the way many people are. When I’m in a place, my attention naturally moves outward. Toward the light. The structure. The details that...
Let your camera lead
Let Your Camera Lead: How Photography Changes the Way You Travel There’s something that happens when you arrive somewhere new. You’re already in a state of exploration. You look more closely. You notice more....
What Are You Really Photographing?
Most photographs fail for a simple reason: nothing has been clearly chosen as the subject. What are you really photographing?
The Thing Nobody Tells You About Light
Most photographers are taught to chase the golden hour. But light is doing something interesting all day long—shaping form, deepening contrast, and changing how a place is seen.
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