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The first photo was taken under flat, ambient light — two catchlights on either side of the irises, a couple of open hangar doors doing the work. Ordinary. Forgettable. Now, same four people but using dramatic light. Suddenly they look like a movie poster. The second image was shot in 2023 by Josh Valcarcel, scientific…

I’m proud of what I achieved in 2025.​I returned to environmental portraits with off-camera flash, an old obsession of mine, and that decision changed everything. Along the way, I became a small but real reference in the flash lighting space and grew my YouTube channel to over 1,500 subscribers. Below are a few stills from…