Journal

The Journal

Notes From the Field.

Travel diaries, wedding stories and the working notes behind the pictures: written between assignments, usually on a train.

Budapest, Hungary

Shooting in Bad Weather on Purpose

Storm fronts, sea fog and flat grey afternoons make the pictures that clear blue skies never will.

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Black & White

Why Every Frame Is Hand Edited

A batch preset will get you eighty per cent of the way there and cost you the twenty per cent…

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Street Picture

Marrakesh, Street by Street

Six days walking the same four neighbourhoods until the light, the corners and the people finally lined up.

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Ms. Charle's Wedding

How to Photograph a Wedding Nobody Notices You At

The best wedding coverage is the coverage the guests never register. Longer lenses, quieter shoes and a lot of standing…

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Surfing on Sunset

What I Actually Pack for a Two-Week Assignment

Two bodies, three primes, more cards than anybody sensibly needs, and the one accessory that has saved three shoots.

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Mt. Batur

Four Hours on a Volcano for Ninety Seconds of Light

The climb up Mt. Batur starts at two in the morning, and every single person on the trail is asking…

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Commissions

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