“Do what you can with what you have. Nothing more is needed.” — Rick Rubin I used to hate our deck. It’s old, splintered, and rotting in places. It's the kind of deck you apologize for when people come over. For years I saw...

Creating art with your partner is a pretty wild thing. It’s intimate, unpredictable, and constantly evolving. It’s not something David and I ever planned to do. It just sort of unfolded that way. In the early days of our relationship, I ...

For our 12th wedding anniversary, David and I wanted to do something simple: get away, slow down, and disconnect. Just the two of us and our dogs tucked away in a little cabin in the mountains. No schedules, no work, no endless scrolling. Just quiet,...

Color and lighting are two of the most powerful tools photographers have. The real impact shows when you use them together. One of the easiest and most overlooked ways to do this is by playing with color temperature, or the “warmth” and &...

Lighting is the easiest way to instantly change the mood of a shoot. In this post, I’ll walk you through three different creative lighting setups we used on the same set with the same model and show how dramatically the look changes each time. ...

Is the World Better Through Rose-Colored Glass? That’s exactly what I wanted to find out when I got my hands on the Rose FX Filter from Prism Lens FX. This filter combines a soft rose-tinted glass with the company’s popular Nostalgi...

Our very first Think Inside the Box Workshop happened in Jersey City on August 23–24, and wow… what a creative, collaborative, wild ride it was! This was our first time hosting a workshop, and honestly, it blew our expectations out...

One of the easiest ways for photographers to get their work in front of a bigger audience is through photo contests. Over the past few years, we’ve started entering more of them, and I’ve become a big fan. Not just because of the exposur...