The Roberson Family | Fall Family Portraits at Acacia Reservation There are some sessions that feel personal before I ever pick up the camera. Marcus has been a lifelong friend of mine. He relocated to Charlotte about 14 years ago, so when he told me that he and his family would be back in Northeast Ohio during the fall and wanted me to photograph them, it meant a lot. Not because we were friends and he needed a photographer. But because he and his wife intentionally chose me to document...

One of the reasons I started The Story Behind the Shoot is because the moments we share publicly are usually just a fraction of the full story. We see the finished portrait, the final film, or in this case, the television interview. What we don’t often see are the emails, the scheduling, the balancing act, the quiet moments beforehand, or the conversations that happen once the cameras stop rolling. This is the story behind my TV20 Creative Focus interview. On July 7, I received a call from...

There are certain clients you grow alongside. Not because you’ve worked together once or twice, but because every few years you get the privilege of documenting the next chapter of something they’ve worked incredibly hard to build. That’s exactly what this session with Rebel by Lily B felt like. I’ve known Melanie for nearly fifteen years through a close friendship with her husband, and over the years I’ve photographed her brand through several different seasons of growth. This latest...