Here's a smattering from an ongoing series called Characters Wanted, where I invite friends new and old into the studio for a formal sitting.

Every portrait session is its own small scene. Sometimes the subject needs a clean headshot, something professional they can actually use. Other times we're just hanging out, making pictures, seeing what shows up. Either way, the goal is the same: find the person inside the frame.

The best portraits aren't planned. They happen in the small moments between poses. A laugh that got away, an expression that wasn't meant for the camera, the way someone holds a fork or a pencil like it means something. That's the stuff I'm after.