Why I Photograph Real Life

May 27

The best photo I’ve ever taken? It wasn’t posed.

No one was dressed up. The sky was gray and the light was soft.

We were out at the creek on a rainy day — the kind where most people would cancel. But the kids didn’t care. They were soaked, muddy, laughing, throwing rocks and running wild through the water. Nothing about it was planned, and that’s exactly why it was perfect. I raised my camera, not to control the moment, but to remember it.

That’s the kind of moment I live for.

I didn’t become a photographer to chase perfection — I picked up a camera to chase truth.

I’m drawn to the in-between stuff: the quiet hands held in the car before the big event, the way a child reaches for their mom without even looking, the breath someone takes before saying goodbye. That’s where real life lives. And real life is what I want to give back to you in photographs.

Before this became my full-time work, it was just my way of seeing — of noticing what people feel, not just what they look like. I’ve always loved the imperfect beauty of a moment unfolding: light falling across someone’s shoulder, a laugh that interrupts a pose, a couple who forgets I’m even there.

I bring that same heart into every session I shoot — whether I’m photographing a couple on the edge of something new, a family at their wildest, or just walking city streets documenting strangers who’ll never know their photo was taken. Because all of it is part of the same story: real life, as it happens.

Whether I’m your photographer for an engagement, a farewell, or a lazy afternoon in the park — I’m there to capture what you felt, not just what happened.

I want your photos to feel like your favorite memory.

So this blog? It’s just another way I get to share what I see. You’ll find session stories, behind-the-scenes moments, street shots I can’t stop thinking about, and the little things that remind me why I do this.