Redlights and Redeyes

I could sit here and write a ton of copy about covering Florida politics. Fact of the matter is, it’s weird, it’s draining, and it’s one of most fun things I get to do in photojournalism. With that, here are some random rectangles from the week of covering Mitt Romney’s win in the Florida Primary [...]

You know what, Instagram?  I’m sorry. I cursed you and your buddy Hipstamatic for the last couple years.  You were destroying our industry, flooding our market with imagery, and making the construction and process of image-making too easy and less intellectual.  I was one of, if not the guy who wrote the blog post that [...]

Red, Yellow, Blue, Green…any possible color you can think of.  Everywhere.  Literally. I can’t think of really a better place to feed my addiction to color than LEGOLAND Florida, and luckily I get to call them a regular client.  The gig, which I haven’t really talked much about out here in Socialmedialand, fell in my [...]

Suit.  Check. Tie.   Check. Podium.  Check. Stage full of red, white, and blue accents.  Check. Talking points.  Check. American flag pin.  Check. Finger pointing.  Check. Riser.  Check. Twenty other photographers getting the same shot.  Check. I really do love covering politics…there’s that inherent challenge in making something unique that goes beyond what is literally [...]

I’m convinced most of my most exciting ideas come from Starbucks-stained napkins…most of which get crumpled up into a pocket and forgotten about.  This one stuck for some reason…and now this little napkin is reality. FOCUSED came out of an idea to rejuvenate some film I had.  I had no idea how that would happen, [...]

Had a nice chat with Holly Stuart Hughes over at Photo District News for an article in their September Education Issue about what I’ve learned so far freelancing with a much wider net (wedding, magazine, newspaper, pr, sport, commercial, etc.) this go-round after falling flat on my face a few years back.  Go check it [...]