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Yesterday, I talked about contradictions: how this time of year turns us all into walking paradoxes trying to slow down while cramming twelve weeks of work into four. Today, I want to explore the paradox of loving a good deal while despising flashy “BUY NOW” marketing. For me, I can easily trace my love of […]

There’s a version of life I think many of us secretly long for. A slower one. A simpler one. A world where everything is handmade, nothing is rushed, and the whole village helps raise the kids. Sometimes I wish my to-do list consisted of churning, winnowing, and cobbling, not emailing, optimizing, and refining my new […]

Almost three years ago, I spent every dollar I had on a photography workshop in Florida. Going into it, I told myself: if this doesn’t work, I’m becoming a garbage man. I wasn’t joking. I figured I was in decent shape, they get paid pretty well, their workday ends early, and I don’t have too […]

About ten years ago, we adopted two kittens a few months apart. They were exactly what you’d expect: lively, playful, and often nocturnal, with no regard for our sleep schedules or personal space. I vividly remember being jolted awake from a deep sleep by a mystery object sliding across our dresser, followed by the loudest […]

Every January for as long as I can remember, I’d make a list. Not just goals. A complete overhaul of how I’d live life. I was going to wake up at 5am. Do yoga. Make a green smoothie. Write down 24 things I’m grateful for while I drink the smoothie and swallow a fistful of […]

October 2025 was magnificent, according to this photographer and exactly zero news outlets. When the weather is crummy, that’s all anyone wants to talk about. But a perfect October in Boston? Crickets. The weather didn’t just cooperate, it acted like a friend that had access to my Google Calendar. Only one session out of 20 […]

There’s a photo I took a while back that’s stayed with me—not because it’s technically perfect, but because of what it holds. It shows my mom and my daughter laughing together. A real laugh. One of those big, open, surprised-by-joy laughs that kids are so good at pulling out of people. What you can’t see […]

From Herpetologist Dreams to a Different Dream Job: Lincoln, MA Photographer When I was 10, I told E.O. Wilson I wanted to be a herpetologist. (That’s someone who studies reptiles and amphibians—not herpes, just to clarify.) Mostly I think I just really liked discovering and catching frogs, toads, salamanders, turtles—whatever I could get my hands […]

Ever since I was born, my mom’s side of the family has been incredibly close. We visited California, where most of them lived, every year, and taking a family portrait was non-negotiable. Usually with a camera timer, a tripod, and film. Unfortunately for my grandmother (to whom this was maybe the most important thing in […]

We did a maternity shoot on a perfect late summer day at Plum Island, with my wife, our three-year-old, and enough snacks to hopefully prevent a full toddler mutiny. Doing maternity photos with a toddler is basically an Olympic sport, especially when you’re both the dad and photographer. Three-year-olds are newly minted egos wrapped in […]