I earned my chops the old-fashioned way by shooting feature-length assignments around the world for National Geographic Magazine. The stories varied but the mandate was always the same: work with every kind of person under any kind of condition and create timeless yet contemporary images for a client with the highest visual standards. My assignments took me to six continents and often required 200 days on the road each year. 

 As a photographer and filmmaker, I specialize in exploring big questions across a range of subjects by telling intimate stories about real people. I’ve shot seven feature stories for National Geographic Magazine, photographed the NYT best-selling cookbook Blue Zones Kitchen, shot for major brands like Sony and Apple, and was Director of Photography for the feature documentary Bounce, which premiered at SXSW. My primary tools are curiosity, an ability to listen, and deep empathy for people who inhabit different realities than mine. Attentiveness to others, to my craft, and to my clients are at the core of everything I do. 

 I live with my wife, artist Anne McLain, in a 220-year-old Maine farmhouse with a post and beam barn we share studio space in. Our two children, Finn and Myla, were born and raised in Maine and are amazing young adults, one an aspiring builder, the other studying in Patagonia. My family, my home, and Maine ground me and fuel the boundless sense of possibility and hope I bring to my work. I continually marvel at how endless the opportunities are. Now is the time to start exploring them.