Last night I had the privilege of covering two very different Christmas Eve services at Dunwoody United Methodist Church—and together they told one complete story. The evening began with the Family Service, filled with children’s…
If you’ve ever been responsible for photographing a large group, you already know the pressure. One blink, one blocked face, one row slightly out of focus—and suddenly you’re wishing you had a do-over. One of…
Anytime I buy new camera gear—or even pull something off the shelf that I haven’t used in a while—I remind myself of one simple truth: never take it to a client job until you’ve tested…
Shot with a 70mm lens on the drone to compress the distance from the property to I-75—a key selling point for logistics and distribution companies. When I’m out shooting with my drone—or capturing commercial real…
Fun fact from my own street: Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez filmed The Fundamentals of Caring here back in 2016. They starred alongside Craig Roberts, who played a teen with muscular dystrophy that Rudd’s character…
Andy McCree Hern took my mother's Benfield Family photo around 1980. Growing up as the son of a pastor and a mother who supported his work, I was surrounded by people who genuinely cared about…
Our family photo from Easter 1999 at my parents' home in Kinston, North Carolina. Many of us who love photography have a favorite niche that sparks our creativity. Some chase sunsets and misty mornings. Others…
If you’re a freelancer right now, you already know the landscape has shifted. Companies are pulling back, budgets are tightening, and many of us are staring at calendars that look far emptier than we’re used…
As we gather for Thanksgiving this year, my family and I are carrying both gratitude and grief. On Monday, we held a celebration service for my mother, who went home to be with the Lord…
Every Thanksgiving, I try to get at least one good group photo of our crew. This year’s gathering was extra special — we had four generations all together. My dad, Dorie, and I, my sisters…
More and more of my clients are moving from traditional projection screens to LED video boards. It’s a significant shift—when the stage lighting is close to daylight balance, those boards look incredible. The colors pop,…
I spent the weekend at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar with two Sigma ART lenses you’ve probably been seeing around the internet lately — the Sigma 28–45mm f/1.8 DG DN | Art and the Sigma 135mm…
