Photography

A practical journal on photography, covering camera technique, composition, and real-world shooting, along with detailed Lightroom and Photoshop workflows. This is where I share experience-driven insight built from years in the field and in post-processing—how images are captured, refined, and prepared for print, and the decisions that shape a photograph from the moment of exposure to the final finished piece.

Photography

Rows of instant photographs with white borders showing portraits, coastal views, street scenes and everyday moments.

Insight

Variety of Photography

The Variety of Photography Starts With What I Notice I might spend a morning photographing buildings, stop for a port...

A camera screen in the foreground of a black and white night scene with bright traffic light trails.

Technique

Night Photography Tips from a Fine Art Photographer

Night photography is a big part of my urban landscape work. I spend a lot of time exploring cities, and I am always i...

Orange vertical panels above a pale blue shutter, with a narrow blue wall at the left.

Insight

Mundane Images: Finding Fine Art in Ordinary Places

For most of my career, I have been drawn to urban landscapes, abandoned things and the ordinary details of places peo...

Warm low sunlight on grasses and pale wildflowers, with rolling hills in the background.

Technique

The Magic Hour Photography

Magic hour photography shapes my days when I travel. I shoot throughout the day, but sunrise, sunset and blue hour ar...

A tram on wet tracks at night, with overhead wires and streetlights fading into fog, in black and white.

Insight

Is Urbanism Photography or Art?

I see urbanism photography as both photography and art. Photography is the medium I work in. The art comes through th...

Vintage-style world map in gold and brown on a dark textured background.

Technique

Pictures of Beautiful Places in the World: How I Photograph Them

I explore. A lot. When I look back through my pictures of beautiful places in the world, I remember the walking, the ...

Black and white close-up portrait of a bearded man, with side light revealing his eyes and the texture of his face.

Technique

Portrait Photography Tips From a Working Fine-Art Photographer

Why People Keep Drawing Me Back to the Street I love street photography. I can spend hours walking a city, watching t...

Camel riders crossing sunlit golden dunes in Mongolia, with deep shadows tracing the curves of the desert.

Insight

Types of Photography: How I Think About Different Genres

How I Use Different Types of Photography I am primarily an urban landscape photographer. Cities, towns, buildings and...

World map, vintage camera, sunglasses and airplane on a table, representing travel photography and exploring place

Insight

Definition of Travel Photography

If I had to strip it down to a single line—something clean, something honest without all the fluff—it would be this: ...

Who, what, when, where, why, and how graphic on a rain-covered window, representing the questions behind what makes a good photograph

Insight

What Makes a Good Photograph? A Working Photographer's View

Why I Keep Coming Back to the Question "What Makes a Good Photograph?" After many years of travel, landscape, archite...

Night street photography of an illuminated city street after dark

Insight

Night Street Photography: A Practical Guide From My Own Practice

Why I Keep Going Back to the Night Street Night street photography has been central to my work for years. As someone ...

Black and white upward view between modern city skyscrapers toward a bright open sky

Insight

Black and White Cityscape Photography: How I See the City

Starting With My Approach to Black and White Cityscapes I have spent years walking through cities with a camera, and ...

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