I shoot a lot of different stuff from editorial content to commercial promotional images. I do way more product photography than I like to, but it pays the most bills. My preference is travel and travel portraiture. Also editorial imagery as I enjoy the challenge of visual story telling with a wide variety of images for one project.
Magar people, Nepal, Gandaki Province, Glumi District, Himalayas.
Fuji X-H1 35mm 1.2 (These are fun images to snag. If I can get these subjects to stand or sit in a doorway, I can
use the darkened room behind as a contrasted backdrop. I also pause for an eternity. It's sometimes funny, other times
I lose the shot. The long pause often relaxes the subjects face, usually as they're thinking, "why the hell is he taking so long?" :)
Dhaulagiri (left) 26,578 feet, 7th tallest mountain in the world. Lukuche Peak (right) 21,766 feet.
Gandkaki Province, Former Kingdom of Lo, Himalayas, Nepal
Thakali people, Rukum District, Himalayas, Nepal. This very remote village had never seen a white visitor
before I arrived. The village had not changed in 300 years. We also photographed snow leopards in this
area. Fuji XT2, 35mm 1.2
This is a 50mm equiv lens, so the perspective you see is "normal" meaning my lens is right on his nose. It takes
good buy-in from the subject to get these images. Every muscle in the face makes or breaks the shot. I intentionally
shot on high continuous mode for two reasons. To catch just the right point when his eyes squinted, but also to use
the subtle noise of the shutter, and visible action of the aperture to get his attention. The minute he heard the noise and saw the action inside the lens, he squinted, and that's what I wanted. Those eye lines give his face texture. The shot in the sequence I used here, is just as his eyes relaxed slightly. I think I shot this at 6 frames per second. Yes, sometimes even
9fps is perfect for static portraits.
This is Baba Remdev Baji, Kathmandu, Nepal, Swayambou Temple
Fuji XH1, 85mm 1.4
