Notes from the road — guides, dispatches, behind the frame.

Journal

Picking the spot, keeping the secret, hiring a photographer she won't notice — and exactly how the rose-petal setup comes together.

Everything I send to clients before we meet — locations, outfit count, light timing, and the one thing nobody plans for.

Notes from five days in cherry-blossom season — and what I learned about portraiture from a country that loves stillness.

The handful of places I keep going back to — and why each one works for a different stage of pregnancy.