thursday is the first birthday of my niece, willa. somehow she’s turned from a small, helpless little thing into a giant, nearly 30 pound crawling, running, laughing machine. it’s amazing to see, and i couldn’t be a prouder or happier uncle. happy birthday, guppy.

some days i start to feel pretty good about myself. i take a look around and think, hey, i’m not as bad as a lot of guys out there. i could be taller, sure, but i’m a generally nice person, good at making people feel comfortable, and i can move about the world with some [...]

most days i read the paper (on my itelephone) while eating lunch, and most of the time i see an article on a scientific topic it’s written by nick wade. nick is a science and technology reporter for the new york times, as well as an author of many books. nick writes extensively on evolution, [...]

i met trent when he was seven years old. this picture was shot earlier in the year when i interviewed him for a short film i made to present at the cardiology 2010 conference in orlando this past february. trent is a remarkable person to be around. he’s small in stature but his personality and [...]

one of the nice things about taking pictures professionally is that over a long enough period of time you become acutely aware of the richness of things hidden right under your nose. you never know what’s going on in that nondescript building down the street, perhaps people are in there conducting psychological experiments. it’s a [...]