A few years ago, we challenged ourselves to create 100 sets in one year aka the 100 Set Project. That project completely reshaped how we work. It redefined who we are as artists, built a strong creative community, and resulted in some of our most mea...

We used to shoot on backdrops all the time. They’re fun. They give great pops of color. They make it easy to get started. But every time we wanted a new color, we had to buy a whole new backdrop.    Then we built our first pair of...

Most photos never make it past a phone screen. They get edited, posted, maybe shared, and then they live their entire life as a glowing rectangle in someone’s hand. And that is fine. But it is also not the full experience of the image. Phot...

Most of us think we would be more creative if we just had more time, more space, more money, or better gear. That belief came up again and again for me while teaching at Imaging USA, because the class itself had to exist inside some very real creati...

This set started from a place I know really well. Feeling creatively stuck. We love building box sets, but we were starting to feel uninspired. We kept asking ourselves the same question over and over. How can we change things up? That question tur...

Learning how to build a flat opens the door to endless creative possibilities. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on new backdrops every time you want to change the look of a shoot, you can build a flat once and repaint it over and over again. ...

Want to learn how to build your own photo sets? We are launching a new Set Building Course where David teaches you how to build a Hollywood flat from start to finish. Step by step. No assumptions. No gatekeeping. A flat is essentially a f...

One of the biggest goals in conceptual photography is taking a feeling and translating it into a visual experience. You want someone to feel something the second they look at your photo, even if they don’t know the story behind it. As photogra...