Just two days before Christmas, I spent time with the Brown family at their home, capturing portraits for the Washington Post story: 'Dad was a football star—until Dad was ‘a monster’. Corwin Brown, once a respected NFL player and coach, faced a tragic downfall as years of head trauma took their toll.

A couple of years ago, I transitioned from hourly billing to project-based pricing. This shift brought clarity to my pricing, ensured consistency across similar projects, and eliminated many of the gray areas that previously arose around scope, deliverables, and expectations.

Now, when someone asks about hourly rates (and they still do), I get it—but I’ve found that project-based pricing leads to a better experience on both sides.

Portraits that show off your personality rise above the digital noise and showcase who you are to a broader audience.

This past summer, I visited 16 restaurants to create food-centric imagery highlighting the many offerings at the downtown establishments. This job was years in the making and a reminder to trust the process.

This post is connected to the showing of my work at Cloud Walking in South Bend, Indiana. The images hanging at the coffee shop are all a part of my travel photography portfolio.

Highlights from a recent creative portrait studio session with Adam at Em En Art House in South Bend, Indiana.

A creative portrait session that utilized various lighting methods, gelled lights, and a mixture of shutter speeds to create a variety of images.

In November, I spent a day in Carmel, Indiana, working on a piece for The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section. The assignment took me around town, met the outgoing and incoming mayor, and spent time with a couple of families. The weather put a slight damper on the plans, but I was pleased with the overall outcome of the images and how they ran in print!

I recently photographed chemistry professor Marya Lieberman at her University of Notre Dame lab for a story in Bloomberg Businessweek. Lieberman’s team developed a field test to detect whether the correct amount of active ingredient were present in the chemotherapy drugs they received.

I am still reveling in the many hours I spent in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at Notre Dame throughout its opening weekend in December. For three days, I photographed a myriad of events in the new building, and I witnessed many eyes and hearts being impacted by the art within.

Collaboration and connection were key aspects of 2023.

In this post, I’ll share a short interview and portraits of Chuck Fry, a director and producer based in the region.

It was a cold and gray day when I met with Chris and Connie for a New York Times story focusing on the impact of football weekends on college towns and the housing market. This post offers a few images that weren’t published in the piece.

In 2023, I continued photographing performances regularly. I worked to create images that not only highlighted individual characters in scenes but showcased more expansive sets and more dynamic interactions between characters, scenes, and lighting.

On the first day of the United Auto Workers strike, I spent the day in Toledo, Ohio, covering the story for The New York Times. For a good chunk of the day, one of my first images from the coverage was at the top of the outlet’s website.

As I work through a commercial photo project, I constantly think about the composition and the details within the frame as I look for moments. I worked with wicked reflections, safety glasses, and finicky light in this manufacturing space to create some storytelling imagery.

In late September, I spent a couple of days in Holland, Michigan, for a Washington Post story focused on mistrust in the county and the impact this has had on the community.

I spent an hour with Sunjay and Milind in their company’s office in Granger, Indiana. With a single strobe blending with natural light, I came away with a couple of my favorite business portraits.

In the fall, I helped build a catalog of storytelling images that showcase the student experience at a higher education institution.

All photography involves collaboration. This post offers tips that can make on-location food photography run more smoothly.

Creating storytelling food photography involves me getting close, utilizing off-camera strobes, and playing with the food.