Whether you're an actor preparing for auditions, a musician promoting new work, or a creative professional building your brand, your photographs are often making introductions long before you have the opportunity to speak for yourself. That's why professional headshots and portraits still matter. Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph Jacob, an actor, musician, and model who needed updated images to support his career. The session was a collaboration. Jacob generously agreed to spend a...

Rarely do photo sessions feel like work for me. They’re challenging, but in the best possible way. When sessions flow freely, I feel like I’ve slipped into a room full of brilliant people, excellent music, and just enough dancing to qualify as cardio. Yesterday was all that! Harmony and I photographed Allison: Seattle University professor, knot theory specialist (which sounds both intellectually heroic and slightly impossible), award-winning author, mentor, mother, and a woman who very...

I'm pretty good with the written word, but not so much lately. Luckily, photography doesn’t require them. For quite a while, the camera and I took a break. Not the dramatic, “finding myself” kind. Life simply stepped forward and handed me a level of responsibility I could not have prepared for. I lost my sister, and soon after, my attention turned to caring for my elderly father. Photography had to wait. When I finally picked the camera back up, there was no big creative plan. No studio. No...