Mar 13Member-onlyThe Connection Between Eye Movements and Mental Chatter: How to Quiet Your MindThe Greatest Life Hack Of All Time — The benefits of our massive, oversized brains have brought us everything from the wheel to space travel. It allows us to do things so far beyond the capabilities of other animals that we’re able to actually eat other animals without even being cognizant that we’re doing it. The sheer amount…Life5 min readLife5 min read
Mar 10Member-onlyThe Deep, Generational Impact of the PandemicOn the outside, I appear as a product of my parents, but inside — deep down — I think I may be turning into my great grandparents. By the time the Spanish Flu had begun its brutal devastation on the world, all four of my grandparents had been born. But…Pandemic Stories6 min readPandemic Stories6 min read
Feb 26Member-onlyMaking Money in PhotographyTalent + Opportunity — There is no photography question asked more often than how to make money at it. And as I see it, this can be answered in two ways. The first way is to list out all the things that the professional photographer has learned to do over their years of keeping…Photography10 min readPhotography10 min read
Feb 10Member-onlyHow To Pitch Yourself As A Photographer In Today’s MarketFour Personal Narratives That Work — There are a number of factors happening in the world of photography that are having a significant impact: Content Overload. From AI-driven image-creation, special effects, retouching and workflow enhancements to the continual democratization of content tools, the ability to make content has never been easier. Fluidity. We’re as far away…Photographer4 min readPhotographer4 min read
Feb 1Member-onlyThe Importance of Presence in PhotographyIt’s hard to do less in photography. The tools of the trade demand more and more. More light, more sensor, fuller frame, detail on detail on detail. And we, we want to suck the marrow from the bone. We paid for it all, let’s use it. All. …Photography4 min readPhotography4 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyI Took Photos For 20 Years Before Anyone Cared…It was my first digital camera, it was the year 2000, it was an awful time, it was an incredible time. I thought I knew love. I thought I knew everything. I knew next to nothing. I had gone to art school. My work there was okay, but nothing mind-altering-ly…Photography6 min readPhotography6 min read
Jan 18Member-onlyThe Seven New Laws of InstagramFIND YOUR BEAR CUBS — Instagram, in front of our eyes, has Meta-morphosed. It has gone from a platform based on photography to a platform based on video. But the shift is much more then a bias toward one media format over another. …Photography4 min readPhotography4 min read
Dec 25, 2022Member-onlyThe Dilettante PhotographerDon’t Keep Your Options Open — I’d done a lot of photography by 2015, but I had no idea whether I could make it as an actual photographer. At that point, I’d found myself well down a different path. Photography seemed like a fantasy life to me. I was in love with the medium and doing…Photography7 min readPhotography7 min read
Dec 22, 2022Member-onlyUsing The Principles of Gestalt In PhotographyHow understanding the way the mind perceives and organizes visual information can improve your compositions — Introduction to Gestalt Theory Gestalt is a psychological theory that focuses on how the human brain perceives and organizes visual information. It actually began as a deeper look into how our eyeballs communicate to our brains. The findings were transformational and changed our understanding of our perception of the world around us. From this…Photography4 min readPhotography4 min read
Dec 22, 2022Member-onlyDancing In The Desert3 Weeks On The Move in Qatar — This series is supported by Narrative Select. Narrative Select is a lightning-fast culling software that uses AI to help you quickly assess, cull and rate your images. I use Select on nearly every job I do, especially assignment work, like this one here in Qatar. And there’s a free version…Photography8 min readPhotography8 min read
