First off, what is a shoot-along?A photographer-led shoot-along is a session designed for photographers to join a lead photographer on a shoot—usually to learn, build their portfolio, and create without the typical pressures of a client session. It’s an opportunity to observe, practice, and be inspired in a real-world setting with guidance from someone further along in […]

This post is a little different from my usual photography-related blogs, but it’s an important part of my life story—one I feel compelled to share. From 1998 until the end of 2023, my full-time career was in the Santa Cruz 9-1-1 dispatch center. I answered the calls, spoke on the radio to police officers, firefighters, […]

I’m just returning from another successful, jam-packed photography conference—this one in Vegas. Did I leave the conference hotel to explore the Strip? Nope. Well, except for one dinner at a different hotel. I’ve been told this is the photography conference of the year. The one you don’t want to miss. So, I went. And it […]