How I Work

I make it my business to know the details of your environmental projects before I start shooting. I spend time researching your methods and your campaign objectives, the geography of your site.

I’ll study how you use photo assets, and tailor my approach to the channels where photos will be deployed. You may have several departments who could make good use of a repository for images; we’ll collaborate to make sure you get the best value for your investment. If geotagging is required, if your main objective is before/after comparison, if you’re more interested in public-facing, feature-type photography — we’ll work together to ensure your objectives are aligned with my approach.

I’ll work with you to create a shot list for the story you’re trying to tell, and then I’ll make that story come alive through pictures, one frame at a time.

Often this is conveyed through a quality of light that can only be captured at the edge of darkness or the break of day.  It always involves becoming comfortable or familiar with the people of a place, or their environment.  It sometimes means hiking for a few hours, or spending the night in the woods, to bring back pictures from the heart of your parks.

I keep in mind the end use of these pictures, so you have plenty of choice in wide, clean shots for dropping in text where needed, or detail pictures that “round out” a narrative.

I’ll take care of scheduling the shoots, working with the seasons, the light of both ends of the day.  I’ll arrange for all model releases (or hire models, if needed) and styling where necessary.

Whether for flyers, marketing documents, compliance-driven reports, expanding civic engagement reach into social media platforms, or more tangible products, images — sometimes more than words — draw people to amazing projects like yours.