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.

Sara was so natural, this was intended to be a light-test photo, but like so many “tests”, it ended up in the final batch. This was taken with the Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 – one of the later renditions of the lens. I love how sharp and contrasty this lens is without any tweaking. It’s certainly [...]

Carrie and Dave are incredible parents. They have these lovely twins, and are very honest with their parenting. Carrie runs a really great blog about raising the twins, and life as a mommy. I’ve known Carrie for over 10 years, so to be able to shoot their family portraits was a real treat. I’m proud [...]

I had the opportunity to shoot a few bands at The Norva this past weekend, and I had a blast. They allowed me to set up a couple lights as well, so I used my Alien Bee 800 and 1600. This shot of Ben from Behold A Pale White Horse was shot using the Nikon [...]