THE BLOG

Every few weeks, someone sits in my studio and says a version of the same sentence: I want to become an actor in NJ, but I have no idea where to start. Sometimes they say it apologetically, as if wanting this is somehow embarrassing. It never is. After 30+ years of photographing actors at every […]

Architecture and design firms do not really sell buildings. You sell expertise, collaboration, creativity, and the confidence that a client’s vision is safe in your hands. Long before a prospective client reviews your portfolio or sits down for a consultation, they have usually already formed an impression of you. They found your website. They opened […]

Most professionals I photograph can tell me exactly when they last updated their resume. Almost none of them can tell me when they last changed their LinkedIn photo. If you have been wondering when to update your LinkedIn profile picture, the honest answer is probably sooner than you think. The photo attached to your name […]

Some photographs document a moment. This one had to carry an entire story: cherry blossoms growing from a woman’s fingertips, birds landing on the branches, and a mirror reflecting a sky that was not in the room. After 30+ years behind the camera, I can tell you that images like this do not happen by […]

If the idea of sitting for a professional headshot session makes your stomach tighten a little, you are in very good company. In more than 30 years behind the camera, I have watched accomplished people (executives, attorneys, physicians, engineers) walk into the studio convinced they are “not photogenic,” then leave holding images they actually like. […]

New Jersey is having a moment. Netflix is building a production hub at Fort Monmouth in Monmouth County, Lionsgate has broken ground in Newark’s South Ward, and Paramount has signed on as an anchor tenant for a new studio complex in Bayonne. For the first time in decades, this state isn’t just a place productions […]