The Journal

Craft, technology and the business of remembering

Field notes from weddings, newborn sessions, drone flights and long nights in the grading suite.

Featured · Personal · 12 July 2026 · 3 min read

Why I Photograph Memories, Not Photographs

A missing wedding album taught me that a photograph is a time machine with a very short warranty. Here is what changed in how I work.

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Also featured · Drone · 3 min read

Permissions, wind windows, golden-hour maths and the three aerial moves that actually serve a wedding film.

Drone · 28 June 2026 · 3 min

Permissions, wind windows, golden-hour maths and the three aerial moves that actually serve a wedding film.

Craft · 9 June 2026 · 3 min

Why the best newborn frames happen in the ninety minutes nobody schedules, and how I prepare families for them.

Technology · 21 May 2026 · 3 min

After far too many 'completely necessary' purchases, this is the short list that survives every shoot.

Travel · 3 May 2026 · 3 min

Cadence, endurance and reading terrain — the Nilgiris climbs prepared me for twelve-hour wedding days.

Workflow · 14 April 2026 · 3 min

Three-copy backups, sane folder structures and the RAW workflow I wish someone had handed me in 2015.