Photographer by Accident – “A Church and its Pizza”

I mentioned when I began this series of reflections that I got my start in “photography” when I was a kid. I just loved to capture the moment, and every once in a while I’d try something sort of artistic. A couple summers ago my wife and I took photographs for a wedding in Toronto. [...]

Photographer by Accident – Living out Loud

I’m gonna start living out loud My soul’s been dying To scream and shout And shatter the silence It’s a beautiful sound when each moment counts Starting right now, I’m gonna start living out loud I’ve always been a quiet person. Avoiding confrontation. Introverted. You know the type. I’ve never minded it really, but it [...]

Photographer by Accident – Faces

I was at a high school today doing picture day retakes. Naturally, on retake day at a high school, I get the really picky people who need a million shots before the smile or the hair is just right. Most of the people on retake day are pretty insecure. Today a girl came to the [...]

Photographer By Accident – Nobody’s Too Young To Be Ugly

A few days ago a couple of co-workers and I pulled up to an elementary school ready to tackle the day. I had been photographing high school kids for a couple weeks and was sort of looking forward to the challenge of younger kids. Well, the school dropped a bomb on us. Not literally of [...]

Photographer By Accident – I Didn’t Sign Up For This

One of the most difficult parts of doing portrait photography is that I’m not really a “people person.” I love people, but I find it difficult talking with people that I don’t know. If you’re not a people person either then you know that awkward moment that I’m talking about when you say “hi” and [...]