When people think of floral photography, they often imagine a perfectly opened rose, dew clinging delicately to its petals, colors saturated and luminous. Beauty, frozen. For me, photographing flowers has never been about documentation alone. It is about entering a space where light, form, and attention converge. It is less about the flower as a…

I often get asked how I captured a shot of a stunning sunrise or sunset. What did I shoot with and what was the lens and so forth. Most often my answer is not what people expect: I merely looked back on it. Not metaphorically, but literally. And that’s my advice to anyone who may…

Every nature photographer has a secret behind their work. Some credit the gear. Others talk about timing, patience, or years spent chasing the ideal scene. The stunning sunrise or the morning mist. I myself have captured many of these from my summer lakeside camp in northern Vermont. Yet I must acknowledge one of the greatest…

A background in journalism trains you to notice what others might miss. It sharpens your ability to observe, to ask why something matters, and to recognize the subtle details that give a larger story its meaning. Long before I ever lifted a camera with the intention of making art, those instincts were already in place—honed…