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February 23-27, 2017 | Creative ice bath + inspiration lab for artist entrepreneurs!

04/26/2026

Do you still have your Yeah Field Trip shirt? Send me a pic if you do

04/24/2026

I found this moment from another time… or maybe it found me.

A gathering that already happened, yet somehow feels like it’s still on its way.

If the future could speak, would it ask questions… or wait for you to?

When something feels like home before you arrive,
and you recognize faces you haven’t met yet…
are you remembering the past,
or stepping into what’s already yours?

Ok I’ve been meditating, but seriously I actually have been, which is funny because we all know I’m basically a transcen...
04/24/2026

Ok I’ve been meditating, but seriously I actually have been, which is funny because we all know I’m basically a transcendental meditator for like three days at a time and then I forget it exists, but lately I’ve been kicking back in my BackJack actually doing it and there’s this feeling that keeps coming up, like something shifted and nobody really stopped to name it. We built things around connection, around showing up, around being part of something that didn’t need to be documented to matter, and then somewhere along the way the documentation became the point. Not all at once and not intentionally, just slowly. Attention became the metric, visibility became the proof, sharing became the confirmation that it was real.

And to be fair it worked, it worked so well that entire industries formed around it, systems got better, tools got sharper, everyone got faster at turning moments into something consumable, and in the middle of all that something else happened. We got really good at performing the feeling of being connected without always being connected, and that’s the part that’s hard to explain but easy to feel, because it doesn’t look broken from the outside, it looks successful, it looks active, it looks like something is happening, but if you sit with it for a second you can feel the difference.

Before Field Trip, I remember doing events where we actually took the phones away, not as a gimmick but because of something Oprah said about being present and actually being where you are, and people didn’t really know what to do at first, but then something would click and the room would change. Conversations got longer, eye contact came back, moments stretched out instead of getting captured and moved past. It felt simple, almost obvious, but also rare.

What’s interesting right now is watching things start to swing back, smaller rooms, real conversations, less polish, more presence, not as a trend but more like a correction, like people remembering what they were actually looking for in the first place, and it makes you realize some things weren’t wrong, they were just early.

Okay.Real talk into the phone for a second.Yes, technically I am burning the candle at both ends.There is a thing tonigh...
02/28/2026

Okay.

Real talk into the phone for a second.

Yes, technically I am burning the candle at both ends.

There is a thing tonight that matters. There is a bus at 6:30am that absolutely matters. And I am fully aware that sleep would like a vote in this situation.

But if you know me… I’m a morning person. Like aggressively. I love early light. I love coffee before the world is noisy. I love that feeling that something new could happen before 9am.

And.

I also love dancing. I love movement. I love when a room loosens up and people stop performing and just exist in their bodies for a minute.

So this isn’t about partying and then suffering. It’s about honoring different energies that both feel real.

Sometimes the candle burns at both ends because both ends are alive.

Wednesday, March 4.
Departing the Rio at 6:30am sharp.
Back around 10:30am.

Seven Magic Mountains at sunrise. Desert air. Big sky. Giant neon rocks quietly judging your life choices. Round-trip transportation, breakfast, coffee. Pic-Time is hosting it, which honestly… who doesn’t love the Pic-Time humans? They’re just genuinely good humans who also happen to run a tech company.

Now here’s the plot twist.

I grabbed a spot on the bus… then remembered I have a rental car. And I have to be at the airport at 10am.

Which means I might just drive myself, return the car, and call it a cinematic exit.

So the bus seat is up for grabs.

DM me if you want it. And there might still be official space — check the link in my stories to register.

Burn the candle.
Wear your sunglasses if you’re exhausted.
Catch the sunrise.

And if you see a plane flying over the rocks around 9:45… take a photo.

I’ll probably be inside it anyway.

I saw the invite for “The IT Party at No Where” during WPPI week.Black tie. Low lights. The “most coveted room.” Dress d...
02/28/2026

I saw the invite for “The IT Party at No Where” during WPPI week.

Black tie. Low lights. The “most coveted room.” Dress dark. Dress sharp.

And my first instinct wasn’t excitement.

It was observation.

It’s beautiful. Polished. Intentional. The kind of room where everyone understands the frame. Where the champagne is held correctly. Where you’re aware of who’s watching. Where industry gravity pulls everyone into orbit for a few hours.

It’s prom for photographers.

And I don’t mean that sarcastically. Prom matters. Ritual matters. Industry mythology matters. Rooms like this don’t happen by accident. They’re imagined and built with care.

But here’s what I keep circling back to.

Sometimes we have to be in rooms that aren’t fully “ours” to remember who we are.

Being around photographers who don’t shoot like us…
who don’t think like us…
who don’t value the same chaos or intimacy or weird hotel-room joy we do…

can sharpen our own edges.

Not to judge.
Not to compete.
But to notice.

Notice what feels like performance.
Notice what feels like belonging.
Notice what feels like costume and what feels like skin.

There’s something powerful about stepping into the most “coveted room” of the week and quietly asking yourself, Do I feel at home here?

Sometimes the answer is yes.
Sometimes the answer is no.
Both are useful.

I’ve spent years building rooms where people forget they’re being watched. Where the energy gets messy and the stories get good because nobody is curating them. That’s my instinct.

But if I only sit in rooms that mirror me, I lose perspective.

Contrast clarifies identity.

And it matters that this one is hosted by Jose Villa. There are very few people in this industry who reach the highest levels of wedding photography and still carry themselves with humility. I’ve known Jose for well over a decade. Long enough to know the kindness is real. I’m grateful for that, and grateful for the way he’s shaped this community.

So maybe this is one of those nights.

Not about status.
Not about being seen.
Just about standing in the room long enough to remember exactly who I am.

Hopefully I’ll see you there.

LOS ANGELES / LA AREA HUMANS…We’re making a video series about where things are actually headed in 2026.Not predictions ...
12/12/2025

LOS ANGELES / LA AREA HUMANS…

We’re making a video series about where things are actually headed in 2026.
Not predictions from a trend report.
Predictions from people who’ve been paying attention.

This is for LA-area folks only — studios, homes, offices, wherever you are.

And here’s the good news…
You do not need a groundbreaking take.

If you just want to be on camera…
If you want to echo things you’ve already been hearing…
If you want to repeat predictions you agree with but haven’t said out loud…

That works. Truly.

This is not an AI slop video.
It’s your real, human, breathing face.
Lit beautifully.
Shot like you’re expensive.

You don’t have to be super eloquent.
You don’t have to be loud.
You don’t even have to be first.

We have great editors.
We’ll guide the conversation.
You just show up and talk about what you’re seeing.

Dates:
December 19–22 … studio time
or
December 22–23 … we come to you

If 2026 is coming whether we like it or not,
we might as well document who saw it coming.

And please share this.
Seriously.
Send it to anyone you think would be good on camera…
friends, collaborators, people with opinions, people without them yet.

Link in bio.

Still can’t get OVER Sony Kando this year. Completely shook us off our feet and feeling ready to make more magic. I know...
10/17/2025

Still can’t get OVER Sony Kando this year. Completely shook us off our feet and feeling ready to make more magic. I know we say this a lot but it’s constant. We gotta keep searching for that itch, that moment of lift.

Where do you find your AWE-some AWE-inducing feels? Please share 🫶 rise the tide 🌊 because we all win when we each level 🆙

let’s be friends 👯‍♀️
10/01/2025

let’s be friends 👯‍♀️

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind 🪬 For a ticket to YFT 2025, here’s your clue…
11/19/2024

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind 🪬 For a ticket to YFT 2025, here’s your clue…

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