Reading Time: 2 minutesSome weddings are meaningful because of the details.Some because of the emotion.And some because of the history that led
When the Phone Stops Ringing: A Hard Season Many Storytellers Face
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a moment many photographers, videographers, and storytellers eventually experience—but almost no one talks about it publicly. A major
Why Being a Great Journalist Doesn’t Automatically Make You a Great Organizational Storyteller
Reading Time: 3 minutesBack in 2008, when Greg Thompson—then Director of Corporate Communications at Chick-fil-A—asked me to come on as a visual
When Lightroom Forgets What It Knows: A Duplicate Import Lesson
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the things Lightroom is supposed to do well is protect us from ourselves. When you import photos,
When Is It Safe to Reformat Your Camera Memory Card?
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most common questions I hear from photographers—especially those getting more serious about paid work—is surprisingly simple:
The Gear We Don’t Talk About Enough: Shoes & Socks for Photographers and Filmmakers
Reading Time: 3 minutesBrooks Glycerin Max I talk a lot about cameras, lenses, computers, and software—and all of that matters. But there’s
A New Year’s Resolution for Photographers:
Reading Time: 4 minutesStop Trying to Get Better Photos and Start Communicating Better Stories The beginning of a new year is when
What Music Taught Me—and What Many Photographers Are Missing
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I was playing trumpet in school, there was no confusion about where I stood. We challenged for chairs.
When Technical Mastery Is No Longer the Differentiator
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen Technical Mastery Is No Longer the Differentiator There was a time when a photographer’s reputation rose or fell
God With Us, Seen From the Aisles and the Balcony
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast night I had the privilege of covering two very different Christmas Eve services at Dunwoody United Methodist Church—and
A Photographer’s Best Friend for Large Group Photos: The Ladder
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’ve ever been responsible for photographing a large group, you already know the pressure. One blink, one blocked
Test Your Gear Before the Job: A Lesson I Keep Re-Learning
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnytime I buy new camera gear—or even pull something off the shelf that I haven’t used in a while—I
Bracketing and HDR: How I Capture and Process Stunning Drone and Commercial Real Estate Images
Reading Time: 3 minutesShot with a 70mm lens on the drone to compress the distance from the property to I-75—a key selling
Why Do Filmmakers Always Wet the Asphalt?
Reading Time: 3 minutesFun fact from my own street: Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez filmed The Fundamentals of Caring here back in
How My Upbringing, Autism, and Photojournalism Shaped How I Connect with People
Reading Time: 2 minutesAndy McCree Hern took my mother’s Benfield Family photo around 1980. Growing up as the son of a pastor
Why Family Photos Matter More Than We Realize
Reading Time: 3 minutesOur family photo from Easter 1999 at my parents’ home in Kinston, North Carolina. Many of us who love