Notes from the studio and from the street — what I'm reading, what I'm seeing, and how the tools I work with keep changing the picture. Mostly portraiture and weddings, with a few detours into the wider visual culture around them.
Generative tools can render a face in seconds. So what is a portrait sitting actually for in 2026? A working photographer's honest take on what AI takes away — and what it can't touch.
Read the piece →The avatars on today's AI chat platforms are a genre of their own. As someone who spends her days looking at faces, I wanted to write down what I see in them — the lighting choices, the eye contact, the staging.
Read the piece →I've spent a decade photographing real couples. Lately I've been thinking about how the language of romance is being rewritten — by apps, by avatars, by a new generation of users who never met their partner in person.
Read the piece →Culling, masking, retouching, denoise — a frank rundown of the AI features in my current workflow, what I trust, and what I still do by hand.
Read the piece →A walkthrough of the look I've been chasing — warm skin, cool shadows, an honest highlight — and where AI tools earn their keep in getting me there faster.
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