The Real Deal

Photographing Excellence

I’ve said it many times: One of the truly beautiful things about being a photographer is that you are often called to be a witness to excellence. You’re sent to photograph someone, somewhere, because of the uniqueness of their persona or the powerful pitch of their skills, intellect, physicality, or grace. Because of the richness of their knowledge and acumen, the hyper drive of their talents. You go because the ferocity of their gifts, often honed and polished by years of dedicated drive, awaits your camera, humming and crackling like high-voltage power lines. They have pitched their tent at a place where we can only ...