Taste the Wash Before You Fire Up the Still
The longer I shoot, the faster I get. That's the good news. The bad news is that speed has a cost: somewhere along the way, many of us stop paying attention to everything except the…
Month: September 2026
Perfect Is Cheap Now. Trust Isn’t.
Open a fashion or beauty feed today, and you'll see skin with no pores, no texture, and no history. The models are flawless because they were never real, or because software finished the job. AI…
The Visual Vocabulary You Haven’t Learned Yet
A child's first words are nouns. Dog. Ball. Mama. Labels for things that exist. It takes years before a child has the words for what's happening between things — before, because, even though, love. That's…
Photographers Are Hired for Brains, Not Gear
Gibbs Frazeur doesn't just show up and shoot — he studies the light, the water, the way a place breathes before he ever lifts the camera. And when the frame isn't quite there yet, he…
Your Team Photo Tells Me Nothing. Show Me What They Do.
A posed portrait shows what someone looks like. A photo of them working shows who they are. Here's how to introduce the people in your story. Back in March 2014, I wrote a short post…
Don’t Just Build a Network. Become Useful to Your Network.
What I learned in 2008 about professional relationships still matters in 2026. Back in December 2008, I wrote a short blog post called “Be a Joiner.” I was writing during another difficult economic period. Jobs…
Where Is Your Audience When They Encounter Your Story?
The technology has changed. The question hasn't. Years ago, I wrote about understanding your audience and where they'd likely encounter your message. At the time, I thought about commuting to work, listening to podcasts, reading…
Nose Blind to Your Own Story: Why Photographers Stop Seeing What’s Right in Front of Them
Today I was at Chris and Rich Moeckel's house, and the conversation drifted to deer. They and their neighbors see them constantly — deer in the yard, deer in the driveway, even a black bear…
The Practice Habit: Why Storytellers Need Projects Nobody’s Paying For
I was listening to a podcast recently with memory coach Jim Kwik, and one thing he said stuck with me: your brain grows through stressors, and athletes, musicians, and pilots all keep rehearsing skills they've…
The Stories That Get Shared Aren’t Always About What a Business Sells
I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a business story worth sharing. For years, businesses have been told that good marketing is about showing the product: the beautiful food, the new building, the smiling…
Local Nonprofit Steps Up for Roswell’s Heroes
ROSWELL, Ga. — When a Roswell firefighter's family found themselves sleeping in hospital waiting rooms after his son was badly hurt in a bicycle accident, a local nonprofit stepped in to cover their hotel bills…
If you loved ’80s British synth-pop, this is the band you need to see live
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — If British synth-pop and new wave ever crossed your life — through MTV, a John Hughes movie or a Cameron Crowe soundtrack somewhere in the 1980s and into the '90s — LIPS…