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Looking at your awesome images on Instagram, it seems evident that you have a signature photographic ‘look’. How did it come about? I want everything to look real and possible. But, I want to communicate it with as much a cinematic style as I can. This is where Loupedeck changed the entire game for me. It helped me achieve a breakthrough and get closer to that vision. Continuing this reference to a ‘signature look’, your love (or is it obsession) for the color black in your photography is clear. It is a deeply cinematic, fantastically rich black that permeates your work, your in-demand artworks included. Tell us more … The overarching story of this project will end in a scripted show on a streaming platform. This is what I’m working on right now. The world of “The Suited Racer” is dark, socially dystopian, and it juxtaposes with how much I don’t take myself seriously. Color is such a big part of storytelling, it communicates so much. Is there a conscious ‘battle’ for supremacy, in terms of technicality (I.E. 40%) vs emotionality (I.E. 60%), when striving for the defining or iconoclastic image? I was speaking about this just recently with some photographer friends of mine. One of them is one of the best product photographers out there. His technical knowledge is SO VAST, and for a product that works so well. For what I do, I believe it is 90% emotional, 10% technical. Technicality can get in the way of creating a moment that will spark emotion in the spectator. Further to the technical and emotional ‘battle’, we could also talk about the powerful physicality of your images. If a face is hidden behind a mask, then body language must take precedence. Is this correct? Absolutely. Conveying emotion without any facial features is something I’ve learned. The body positioning with a slight tilt or dip of the head becomes the only way to communicate. Have your photographic methodologies or technological considerations changed during the course your career, or does this sound too geeky / scientific? They’ve progressed. I truly compete only with the man I was yesterday. I want to beat that guy every day. When he wins, we both lose. Turning to your professional work setup, what were your very first impressions of the Loupedeck console? In Lightroom, you start at the top of the tools and work your way down. Some say this is the “proper” or intended way for it to be used. The Loupedeck console turned my post-production work from a serial endeavor, to a parallel endeavor. I don’t