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I do not remember the exact first time I met Raymond Chiozza. And maybe that is fitting. Some people enter your life through a single moment you can point to. Others simply become part of the landscape. For nearly seventeen years, Raymond has been part of mine. When I began my career with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in 2009, I entered the world of 911 telecommunications. Dispatch consoles. Radio traffic. Phone calls. CAD screens. Policies. Technology. And an entire sys

Over the years, I’ve photographed thousands of people—some during major milestones, others in quiet moments that may have lasted only a fraction of a second. But behind every photograph is a person, and behind every person is a story. The People Project is a new ongoing series where I’ll revisit photographs from across my years behind the camera and share more about the people in them—who they are, what made the moment memorable, and why their story has stayed with me. Some f

There are some subjects that are interesting to photograph, and then there are subjects that almost seem to carry their own weight before you ever raise the camera. The Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour was definitely one of those....

A first look from Point Udall, St. Croix. This isn’t the final edit, but it was one I wanted to share before I even made it home. Standing at the easternmost point of the United States, looking out over the Caribbean beneath a sky filled with more stars than the eye can see, was one of those experiences worth losing a little sleep for. Still plenty of work to do on this frame, but I’m pretty happy with where it’s headed. 📍 Point Udall | St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Photogr

Today is National UFO Day, which feels like a pretty good excuse to talk about one of the easiest things to forget as a photographer: Look up. Not everything worth photographing happens directly in front of you. Sometimes the best frame is in the clouds, in the last glow over the horizon, in a strange streak of light across the night sky, or in that brief moment when you see something and have absolutely no idea what it was. That curiosity is part of what makes photography fu

Some photographs are about movement. Others are about the exact moment movement stops. This frame came from one of those quieter moments on stage — two dancers, almost nothing around them, and a composition built on balance, control and trust. At first glance, it is simple. Two performers holding a line. But look a little longer and you start to see the work underneath it — the positioning, the timing, the strength, the symmetry, and the trust required to make something diffi