A.I. doesn’t create candid documentary moments,
you do.

What makes your business stand out from other photographers?

A lot of the work I do is unposed and thus I have a certain mindset I approach when going into a photoshoot or project. Whereas photos these days tend to be setup or the photographer creates the situation and then photograph it (guiding posing, telling people to walk here and there), my approach is that of a silent documentarian who tries to embed themselves in the situation and take in real moments as they happen without my intervention.

As an example, many folks say they take a “journalistic” approach to weddings but most of the time they will request some posing in the moments or ask for fake laughs during getting ready times or something like that. I’m one of the few in the area that takes a hard documentary approach, in that I do little to no posing (except for group photos and some bridal shots). I love black and white and my clients do too, especially when they see these classic black and white documentary moments of their own wedding.

I frame it this way: If people see my photos I’ve taken of them, I want them to remember the moment and not remember that they were photographed.