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If you’re searching for a place to meet friendly farm animals near Boston—where kids can boop a horse’s nose, feed alpacas, and throw hay on a cow’s head—our family farm might be just the spot. And just so you have some ice breakers and familiarity with these silly beasts before you do visit, I put […]

The most common question I get before a session isn’t about outfits or timing or whether the kids will cooperate. It’s some version of this: how do we look natural in family photos? The honest answer is that you probably can’t make it happen. But you can stop preventing it. I’ve been photographing families on […]

What’s the amazing thing, you ask? It’s a red maple tree that is flowering outside my house right now. That’s not amazing, you say? Well, have you considered the fact that every one of those flowers is a sex organ? I don’t mean that as a metaphor. That’s literally what they are. Inside every bloom […]

I’m a professional headshot and family portrait photographer based just west of Boston, and one of the most common things I hear is from my clients is that “I hate photos of myself,” or a thousand varieties of it. I used to almost shrug it off by saying well so does everyone, and it’s a […]

This article is about how I use AI as a writing tool, without losing my soul in the process. My writing process starts like this. I unscrew a valve in the side of my head, lean over, and thousands of Lego pieces fall out. Some of them are already put together. Most aren’t. Little Lego […]

This guide isn’t about logistics. You’ve got those. It’s about how to actually be inside the day when it arrives. So the photos, the memories, and the kid in front of you don’t slip by while you’re managing everything else. You’ve been planning this for over a year. Maybe two. The venue. The DJ. The […]

When I saw the car approaching in the distance, a familiar mixture of concern and wishful thinking soaked into me. As they got closer, the concern turned to spite and the hope that they’d slow down drained away. I squared my body up to them. I wanted them to see the look of disapproval on […]

The love I feel for my kids is measured on an astronomical scale. I look into their eyes and I’m launched into hyperspace, soaring through the astral planes of consciousness, one with all that is, was, and all that isn’t. Lightyears are insufficient to describe how far I would go for them. I gaze into […]

You’ve been meaning to update your LinkedIn photo for six months now. Maybe longer. Maybe since 2019, when you cropped yourself out of a wedding photo and told yourself you’d get a real headshot eventually. And every time you think about actually scheduling a headshot session, you feel this low-grade dread that’s hard to name. […]

If you’re here, you’re probably Googling things like “how much do photos cost” or “what do I wear for a session” with approximately 37 tabs open. Maybe you’re wondering if your kids will cooperate, or if you’ll look awkward, or if this whole thing will just feel like another item on an already overwhelming to-do […]

In seventh grade, I decided to study the effects of ultraviolet light on plants. I chose that topic because I was really into the idea of mutation. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. X-Men. The cultural idiom at the time that radiation gives you superpowers and not, you know, a slow and agonizing death. So I bought […]