Between the Moments: Notes from the field.
Welcome to the Humble Moments Studio Field Guide & Blog: What it takes to document what’s real from Greater Portland Maine, and Beyond.
This blog exists because most of the interesting parts of a photography assignment never make it into the final gallery. Between the Moments is where those parts live.
Commercial Case Studies walk through real assignments for businesses around Portland and Westbrook, Maine: what the client needed, how access was earned, what the images actually did for them. Field Reports cover specific venues and locations, practical detail for anyone photographing there or hiring someone who’s already learned the room. Photography Tips break down documentary, lifestyle, editorial, and environmental techniques, written for people trying to figure out what they actually want, not industry jargon repeated back at them. Editorial Articles cover the wider ideas: how access gets granted, why authenticity photographs differently than a posed moment.
None of this is written to sell you on a single session. It’s written the way the photography itself is approached: paying attention to what’s true, and trusting that the right client finds the right work.
What Does Commercial Photography Cost in Southern Maine?
Aura, Portland, Maine: A Documentary Photographer’s Field Guide Entry
The story of the Moments Of Tour final show at Aura, Portland, Maine. From Portland, Maine to Tampa, Florida and back.
On the Boardwalk: A Day Inside Old Orchard Beach Airbrush
An HMS Case Study: The Second Old Orchard Beach Airbrush project, and how HMS honors zero operational disruption to capture: process docuementary photography, lifestyle photography, and product photography for a website refresh for a new business owner.
What is Editorial Photography? A Maine Photographer Goes Deeper.
An educational post about Editorial Photography and how it is similar to Documentary Photography, and how the only real difference is its intended use.
East End Beach & the Eastern Promenade — Portland, Maine — A Documentary Photographer’s Field Guide Entry
A Field Guide entry describing the power of setting out to capture one thing, and through observation capturing a decade long restoration of an antique narrow gauge steam engine.
What is Documentary Photography? And why it matters for your business.
An educational and definitional post about Documentary Photography and how it benefits business in the age of authenticity.
Old Orchard Beach Airbrush — Commercial Documentary Photography in Southern Maine
An HMS Case Study: Reviewing what it is like to capture a business with zero disruption during their vendor booth during a local cheerleading competition.
One Click: A Story of Unoptimized Analytics in Portland, Maine.
A story about Google Analytics, and the appearance of failure, and what one, highly personal and intimate search taught me to look for in the data.
Real People. Real Places. Real Documentation.
An expansion into the HMS Documentary Photography Philosophy.
Geno’s Rock Club — Portland Maine — A Firsthand Field Guide Entry
A venue Field Guide entry from a Documentary Photographer off-duty enjoying the show.
Portland Head Light — Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, Maine — A Documentary Photographer’s Field Guide Entry
The story of a photographic vision that still eludes capture.
Maine Mariners, Bench Twigs, and a Game Winning Shot — Photographing Hockey at Cross Insurance Arena, Portland Maine
How I photographed professional sports in my hometown, and the story of how I made it happen with the Maine Mariners, at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine.
A Documentary Photographer’s Field Guide to Maine
Announcement of the ongoing philosophy of the HMS: Between the Moments Field Guide.
On Tour — 2024 Fall Tour — Seven Shows, Seven Cities, One Van
The story of my time on tour from Portland, Maine to Tampa, Florida with Moments Of.
How to Get Better at Photography — What Actually Works
Practical advice for learning and practicing photography.
Street Photography in Portland Maine — How the City Made Me a Photographer
A reflective story about the Street Photography origins of Humble Moments Studio.
Six Shows. Six Days. One Bowl of Ramen: Why I Started Humble Moments Studio — The Story Behind the Name
The story of a touring drummer’s first bowl of ramen while on tour in Raleigh, North Carolina.