Communications consigliere.
Pro-am photographer.
Ex-Calvin Klein underwear model.
Hey, two out of three ain’t bad.
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The true secret to photography…and life
“When you’re present and you’re always looking, that’s when you discover things,” Nat Geo Photographer Offers Three Tips to Improve Your Images | PetaPixel
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Is it the medium or the artist?
Marshall McLuhan would have loved this thread I saw on Reddit this morning. Throughout my career, I’ve told stories using words, weaving sentences with nouns, verbs, and the occasional sprinkle of adjectives and adverbs to infuse them with a little creative flourish. When I’m not storytelling for the ear — which is how I like to…
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Reflecting on a Year of Photographs: My 2023 Best-Of Collection
As the curtain falls on 2023, I find myself in the familiar territory of retrospection, sifting through images that have defined my year as a photographer. Narrowing them down to a traditional Top 10 was a struggle. A struggle in which I failed miserably. This year marked a significant shift in my photographic tools. While…
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The beautiful game (of business)
Eleven players on the pitch. One — the inimitable Lionel Messi — plays on a higher plane than everyone else. Maybe two planes. Three even. Yet, even with his astro level skills, he still needs his ten teammates to win. He needs his team to set him up for goals or put the ball in…
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Three kinds of photos
There’s an ongoing debate in photography about whether a photographer takes or makes a photograph. I’d argue celebrity photographer Greg Williams puts it to rest with this quote: “Sometimes you take a picture, sometimes you create a picture and other times you really make a picture with the subject.” The stories behind 5 intimate celebrity…
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Like Shakespeare on a bike
There is beauty in bike racing. Two-time U.S. champion John Eustice captures it in his daily recaps of the Tour de France. The team took full control with 2.5-km to go when Ramon Sinkeldam strung out the field into a single line, snaking through sweeping turns of the approach to the finish. Once spent, Jonas…
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