For me, it's about the difference between taking and making a photo. Taking is just pointing a camera. Making a photograph is an act of intention. 

It all began in New York with clear influences. Fashion photography, editorial layouts, and the discipline of making every frame count. Boston was the next chapter, and weddings turned out to be where all of it came together. Every room is different and every family unique. The light is never the same twice. And the people have always been the best part. Nearly twenty years in, that still makes my heart race.

When the camera is down, you'll find Dan walking Cheddar and Frida down Comm Ave, tweaking a recipe from a cookbook, tending the garden with his wife, Katerina, or somewhere in the middle of a long run that started as a quick one.

I studied photojournalism, editorial and fine art, which is a long way of saying I was trained to pay attention.