We were only really trying to make a u-turn to get to our original location idea, but when we turned down this street in downtown Norfolk, we saw this wall and had to stop. This is my sister Phoebe, and she’s often assisting me on portrait shoots. She is a master at posing the human [...]

I got to take Lydia’s senior portraits, and as we were finishing up and heading back, we saw this empty carwash on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach. Terrible lighting. Ugly brick. Dirty ground. Perfect.

The last shoot I had with Jared and Kelsey was on one of the windiest and coldest days of the year. This time, we happened to schedule on the hottest and muggiest day of the year. We’re awesome. This shot was taken with the Nikkor 20-35mm at 20mm. I placed an Alien Bees B1600 light [...]