Great portraits are remarkably hard-working images.

A single photograph might introduce a CEO on a company's website, accompany an editorial feature, appear in an annual report, support a recruiting campaign, or become the face of a new marketing initiative. Creating portraits with that kind of longevity means thinking beyond the moment and considering how they'll serve the organization long after the session ends.

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.

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.