Why I’d rather deliver fewer photographs
It’s tempting to measure a wedding gallery by the number of images in it, and I understand why — more can feel like more…
Luminance
How to feel at ease in front of the camera
Most people tell me they’re “not photogenic” or that they hate having their picture taken. I understand it completely, and I want to gently…
Documentary or posed? Why I mostly choose to wait
There are two broad ways to photograph people. You can direct them — arrange the pose, the light, the expression — or you can…
A few quiet rules of composition (and when to break them)
Composition is just the arrangement of things inside the frame, and a handful of old ideas genuinely help — as long as you hold…
Learning to see light before you learn the camera
Almost everything I know about photography started with paying attention to light long before I understood a single camera setting. A camera only records…
Five things I look for in a wedding venue
Light first, always. Before anything else I want to know where the windows are, which way the room faces, and what the light is…