No one likes an unflattering photo.  You’re going out for drinks with friends and all of you are looking great. You’re looking forward to sharing a great group photo to Instagram but then you blink while all of your friends look perfect in the shot.  Can you relate?  While retaking a picture for an Instagram […]

Photos in the City of David were a little more personal for me.  When specifically thinking about Amanda and I’s wedding ceremony, many of my thoughts revolved around the image of David dancing as the Arc of the Covenant entered the Temple.  It’s a joyful and emotional vision and feeling, so to have ventured into […]

Ashland, Ohio There is always a better, fancier thing out there, something that promises to make you happy once you buy it. In photography there is a similar false promise. Companies would have people believe that if they buy a certain lens or new accessory all of their dreams will come true, that magically their business will […]

Ashland, Ohio As a photographer, I have the privilege of telling many beautiful stories.  I get to hand people memories of their wedding day, of their families.  Today I was tasked with telling an equally beautiful story but a much harder one.  A pillar of the Ashland community, a professor, a friend passed away.  I […]

Fort Lupton, Colorado You may have noticed by now, but I truly believe that stories matter.  I genuinely believe that they affect lives, direct them even.  Stories have a way of helping life makes sense, they tie everything together, they ties lives together.  A few weeks ago, I posted my immediate family’s most recent family […]

Smithville, Ohio Just like any profession, photography has its pros and cons.  Getting to photograph your family qualifies as both.  I am usually an outside perspective on a story, but getting to document how my family’s story changes and shifts is a much more intimate role.  Not only do I get to tell our story, […]