Landscape view of a farm field with trees and buildings in the background, seen through a small, irregularly-shaped opening with dark surroundings.

I don’t see images in my mind.

I have total aphantasia. No mental imagery. No mind’s eye. No internal senses. I cannot visualize faces, replay moments, or return to a scene in my mind. Photography is how I create and hold onto the world.

Every photograph is a record I cannot make any other way. That urgency shapes how I work, what I notice, and why I treat documentation with weight.

A child wearing a red cap and blue outfit sitting on a red tractor in a rural field.
Two men sitting in a car captured from an interior camera, with one driving and the other in the passenger seat, both wearing sunglasses. The view through the windshield shows a clear blue sky and green trees, with the dashboard and air vents visible.
Child in a workshop holding tools
Close-up of a person with glasses and a beard, touching their chin.

How I Work

I prioritize observation over direction.

I will guide when it helps, but I am not interested in staging moments, forcing interactions, or turning real work into performance.

I show up prepared, move efficiently, and treat every project, paid or personal, with the same level of commitment.

My focus is access, not performance. Process over polish.

I am interested in the quiet work people do when no one is watching.

Person sitting on a stone ledge in a forest, wearing a pink hoodie, jeans, and sneakers.

Background

I was raised on a small tobacco farm in Western Daviess County.

I studied economics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.S. in Business Management.

Through it all, I have always been drawn to exploration, work, process, and making things by hand.

Before building a career in photography, I owned a health insurance agency. Those years taught me to listen closely: to stories, fears, hopes, priorities, and the details people do not always say directly.

That practice of listening has become visual.

Person taking a close-up photo with a vintage camera, wearing glasses and a pink cap.
Blurred image of a person’s profile with colorful lighting effects and water droplets on glass.

Still.Life. is built around honest documentation of real people, real work, real places, and moments that pass quickly if no one records them.

I work with artists, businesses, organizations, teams, families, makers, and individuals who value directness, consistency, and an observational approach.

No awkward poses. No forced interactions. No artificial moments.

Just a careful record of what is actually happening.

If you are doing work worth documenting, building something that matters, or need photography that values honesty and consistency, let’s talk.

Let’s Work Together
A man taking a selfie on a football field with a youth football team in red and black uniforms sitting on a bench in the background. Some players wear helmets while others hold them.
Group of friends having fun inside a party bus, smiling and holding drinks.