FAQs: What IS family photojournalism anyway?

FAQs: What IS family photojournalism anyway?

It seems that family photojournalism (aka family documentary photography) is both a quickly emerging genre and a total and complete mystery. Is this what I want? How does it work? WTF is it, anyway? Here's my go at answering those -- and other -- common burning questions.

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Top 5 places for Austin kids to run wild this fall/winter

Top 5 places for Austin kids to run wild this fall/winter

Truth time: the documentary photographer in me loves nothing more than watching children lose themselves in a sensory experience and become covered head to toe in muck. There is something so primal and pure about children letting go of decorum and expectations and fully immersing themselves in the exploration of nature. 

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The future is bright and shiny / Green Sprout preschool portraits

First, a disclaimer: school portraits -- as many of y'all know -- are not my main thing. My art is in seeing -- and capturing -- unscripted, chaotic, real family life in a lovely documentary light. But once in a while, I just have to get a whole boatload of adorable preschoolers in front of my lens.

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