Two cowgirls who have dismounted from their horses are attempting to flip the steer to complete the sequence. In team roping, a header ropes the steer’s head while a heeler targets the hind legs, working…
Chief Pabel Troche couldn’t help but laugh in this moment during the Roswell Citizens’ Fire Academy. He had just asked Michael Dal Cerro a simple but loaded question: “If you were in a fire, who…
[NIKON Z 9, NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Z TC-1.4x, Mode = Manual, ISO 4500, 1/2500, ƒ/8, (35mm = 560)] The first time I photographed a Bald Eagle fishing, it happened in the first…
There are moments in life that seem small on the outside but create a cascade of thoughts on the inside. A camera strap coming undone is one of those moments for me. My Nikon Z…
I’ve long believed that photojournalists don’t just take pictures—they train themselves to see. And in doing so, they uncover something most people overlook: your gut reacts long before your brain has time to explain why.…
For years, I’ve attended the Atlanta Mayor’s Eid Celebration with a camera in hand—there to serve a client, ensure every moment was captured, and deliver a complete visual story of the evening. This time was…
[NIKON Z 9, NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Z TC-1.4x, Mode = Manual, ISO 9000, 1/2500, ƒ/8, (35mm = 560)] This morning reminded me why I still get excited about photography after all these…
There’s a lot of noise right now about AI in visual storytelling. Some say it will replace photographers. Others say it will make real images irrelevant. But what I’m seeing in the field tells a…
I’ve been watching cameras get smarter my entire career. Today, you can pick up a camera that will track a bird in flight, lock onto the eye, nail the exposure, and get you pretty close…
If your goal is to get people to understand what you do, words will get you there. If your goal is to get people to care, trust you, and ultimately take action, you need to…
Most freelancers I meet are exhausted—and it’s not just from the workload. It’s from the way we’ve been trained to think about our work. We default to binary thinking: Success or failure Booked or broke…
Most people think great photography is about what happens when the shutter clicks. It’s not. It’s about everything that happens before and after. Recently, I had a simple request from Jim Rasmussen. He was speaking…
