JOURNAL
Field notes.
Notes gathered between shoots, location guides and process pieces. From Cappadocia, from the bottom of my camera bag.
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April 15, 2026 · Guide
Reading light in a sunrise balloon shoot
Sunrise light shifts by the second. A working photographer's notes on metering, silhouettes, and the small rules that keep the frame alive.
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April 10, 2026 · Process
Waking at five in the morning
The two hours before a balloon shoot — the cold, the tea, the road up the valley. A diary entry on the silence before the burners fire.
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April 5, 2026 · Process
Waiting for light
Patience as a photographic discipline. On not chasing golden hour but letting it arrive — and a couple shoot nearly lost, saved by staying another ten minutes.
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March 28, 2026 · Locations
Three valleys, three lights
Red Valley, Love Valley, Pigeon Valley. Field notes on how three Cappadocian valleys hold light differently — practical and a little poetic.
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March 20, 2026 · Locations
5 hidden editorial locations in Cappadocia
Beyond the balloon frames, these are the five spots I've been carrying editorial shoots to for two years. Picked for light, not the tourist map.
