Searching For Meteorites and Helping Senior Citzens Find Love
On August 7th, 1823 an achondrite meteorite fell to earth and landed in Nobleboro, Maine. Locals thought it was a musket being fired. This was the first...
It Finally Happened
Yes, it finally happened. After two and a half years and over 70 weddings photographed during the pandemic I finally caught Covid. The timing was of course...
Niftty Fifty / Return to the Water
I'm trying to pay a little more attention to this sort of thing - I did a quick tally last week and found that I was very close to doing my 50th photo shoot...
A Day Late and a Concept Short
I am loving (and deeply troubled by) the new Nathan Fielder show The Rehearsal. When I was watching episode 1 I felt a twinge of stress when he looked at...
2008
Joel, Painted Hills, Oregon, 2008 Last week I shared some sort-of recent film work from 2019-2020 and it made me a little bit nostalgic for the years when I...
Trendy Film Dump
Did you hear?? Film is back! JK, it's just extremely trendy and popular again. Starting when I was a teenager I LOVED the ritual of filling up multiple rolls...
Sunrise/Sunset
I had a fun challenge on Saturday - a guy hired me to photograph his proposal to his girlfriend at sunrise, and I already had a maternity shoot booked that...
Summer Nights
When I was in Cape Cod a few weeks ago I found a dusty old copy of the somewhat rare photo book Summer Nights by Robert Adams. I consider Robert Adams to be...
Truro Part 2
Great Pond, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Previously on this newsletter I had spent a wild weekend shooting at a waterfall, slipping and busting my tailbone,...
Truro Part 1
Phew, I'm on vacation and I'm exhausted. This newsletter will be short on words, heavy on images. On Thursday I drove out to Jagolinzer Preserve in...
Streaky Stars
Next week I'll be in Cape Cod for a workshop/retreat/racation run by the very talented Cole Barash, so this week I have been trying to keep things easy. I...
Crash+Burn
I have to admit, I've been in the zone for the past month. Every week I've had fun and challenging assignments thrown at me and I feel like I have met them...
Perverse Umbrella Covers and Charitable Bunny Butts; or A Journey to Peaks Island
Peaks is a little island in Maine. It is accessible by ferry from Portland's Old Port. I shot a really fun wedding there last year, which would have been...
The Jump
Scotland Bridge Test Shot This past Saturday I shot a wedding in York, Maine. I knew it was going to be a casual, backyard wedding and I didn't know much...
Influencing!
I love what I do but it would also be cool if I could make a living as an influencer reviewing camera gear. JK, that probably wouldn't be fun and I would...
Big Storm
I had the great pleasure of trying out the Hasselblad 907x this weekend, what I've previously called the cutest camera ever made (full review in next week's...
Work Hard / Play Hard
Waiting around during a wedding at The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine I spent last week at home sick with the flu or tending to sick kids. This week has...
Newsletter #2 Get Your Flu Shot!
Holographic pinwheel in the bushes, Wells, Maine All of my grand plans for newsletter #2 were derailed when I caught Influenza A from my daughter. She was...
First Newsletter! Nostalgia, and Waterfalls
Some Guy Who Thinks He's Hot Shit, Bridal Veil Falls, Oregon, 2019 In general I hope for this newsletter to be a place to share my work in a place free of...