A Deeper Dive

Category

Blur

Most photographers spend their lives trying to eliminate blur. They buy faster lenses, chase higher shutter speeds, and obsess over sharpness like it’s the...

Saying Something Real

Fine art photography looks easy to people who don’t do it. It’s “just a picture,” they say. No bride waiting, no editor calling, no deadline,...

The Oath and The Conversation

I have carried a camera long enough to watch the argument repeat itself every decade: Is photography art, or is it evidence?The honest answer...

Life Instead of Math

A digital photo is built from pixels — tidy little squares in a grid, each one assigned a number. The sensor measures light intensity...

Silver and Silicon

Photography has always felt to me like a friendly argument between chemistry and electronics. I use both film and digital cameras, and while they...

Film

I love celluloid film. I love its smell, the satisfying ritual of loading a roll into my camera, and most importantly the look it...

The Lens

I am a Nikon professional who shoots with any camera that offers stability, control, and reliable results. My focus has never been gear-driven. I...

Prints

My philosophy goes against the grain of the industry in that I do not charge for prints or for printing an image of your...

Color, Distraction, and Control

I photograph in color, but I treat it carefully. Color is powerful — sometimes too powerful. The human eye is drawn to it before...

Monochrome

Photography did not begin in color. It began in light. Long before software sliders and preset packs existed, photographers worked with luminance — the simple...

Portfolio

Boudoir

There are many styles of boudoir photography, ranging from elegant and refined to bold and provocative. It’s a genre that can take on many...

The Union

Welcome to the Union Bar in Gering, Nebraska. Established in 1929, the Union Bar and Grill has earned its reputation as the bar in...

Portfolio

Of all the images on my website, some stand out for different reasons. This is where I place my core portfolio work. I'm not...

Sentinel Rock

So how should your wedding go? What should you expect from it? If you expect it to go flawlessly, that’s wishful thinking. I’ve been to...

Club House

I’m not chasing a picture, I’m chasing power. When I photograph someone in monochrome, I am not describing their shirt. I am describing their existence...

Papa Moon

I am a photographer. I photograph presence, not appearance. I am not trying to pull a subject out of the frame. I want the opposite...

Photo-essays

Community to Courage

In many towns, especially across rural America, the people who answer emergency calls are not career responders but volunteers. Volunteer firefighters and EMTs begin...

Voices

Public protest is the closest thing I have to street photography. I live in a small town where the streets are usually empty, which...

Mentally Forgotten

Displacement is a harsh reality that renders people invisible. Society often looks away, dismissing those struggling on the streets as if their suffering is...

The Caregivers

This project is ongoing. I began it in 2023. At its core, it follows my wife and me as we work together to care...
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