As part of my commitment to be a better photojournalist in my own life, I included the ‘Daily Life’ category a while back. So, in keeping with that commitment, I couldn’t help include photos from Norah’s first bath. and as you can imagine, ‘daily life’ looks a lot different these days. So get used to [...]

Trying to land in Sudan during the rainy season probably isn’t the best idea, but what else are you going to do. A year before this, I couldn’t get a fight into the country because all the landing strips in the region I needed to get to, were flooded or just too muddy to land [...]

1. Humility is paramount to growth – No matter how good you think you are, you always have a tremendous amount of room to grow. More than in most professions, mentorship can be immensely valuable, but having a know-it-all attitude will not get you anywhere, especially as a freelancer. Mentorship has been the single biggest [...]

Today, my story on Yemen’s many escalating problems publishes in the World Policy Journal. It’s an intimate look into the barrage of issues that plague the nation that perhaps the biggest imports last year were refugee’s and extremists.
Yemen may not yet be front-page news, but it’s a being watched intensely these days in capitals worldwide. [...]

I came across this blog posting and have wanted to share it for some time; it has always made me laugh - it’s a good one. 
 

Editorial photographers used to jump from one story to another. News was news — whether sports, conflict, celebrity or natural disaster. A photojournalist would shoot a head of state one [...]

I’m presenting at an event this Friday and was asked to show a brief overview of some of my recent work. So, I thought I would show it here as well. 
Enjoy

Every year I try to do at least one backpacking trip with my dad and brother and every time I want to go to the Eastern Sierra Nevada, CA. We decided to go to the Palisade region of the central Sierra in the John Muir Wilderness. This particular wilderness  is the largest contiguous wilderness above [...]

I thought I would update you all on why you won’t see any international reportage coming from me for the next handful of months. 
My wife and I are expecting!
That’s right, we are expecting our first baby to arrive at the end of September! With this awesome news, I’m going to be keeping my photojournalism efforts on the [...]