Candid travel photography

That moment you didn’t know was captured.

I photograph couples and families in passing — real moments, never posed. If I handed you a card, your photos are waiting here. Full resolution, free to keep.

It’s printed on the card I handed you.

How it works

Three steps, no account, no cost.

  1. Step one

    You met me

    Somewhere in a city or on a trail, I caught a moment of you and handed you a small card.

  2. Step two

    Enter your code

    Type the eight-character code from that card. Your album opens — nothing to sign up for.

  3. Step three

    Download your moment

    Take every frame at full resolution. Print it, frame it, send it to your family. It’s yours.

A few frames

Unposed, unhurried, unmistakably yours.

Surfer at Venice Beach
Surfer at Venice Beach
Observing Sea Lions
Observing Sea Lions
Surfer at Pfieffer Beach
Surfer at Pfieffer Beach
Overlook in Big Sur
Overlook in Big Sur
Surfer at Pismo Beach
Surfer at Pismo Beach

About me

I’m Derek Malone.A photographer based in Dallas, Texas.

I spend my working life in medicine, and my traveling life behind a lens. The two fit together more neatly than you’d think — both are mostly a matter of paying close attention to people.

Wherever I go — San Francisco, San Diego, up into the mountains — I’m always drawn to the landmarks. And then, every time, to the people standing in front of them. A couple laughing at nothing in particular. A family wrangling three kids into a photo they’ll still have in thirty years. A quiet moment between two people that nobody thought to capture, least of all them.

Those are the pictures that matter to me. I don’t stage them, I don’t interrupt them, and I don’t sell them. If I handed you a card, it’s because I watched one of those moments happen to you — and I wanted you to have it.


“The best photographs are the ones no one posed for — real life, caught mid-laugh, is the most beautiful thing I know how to keep.”

— Derek