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The Light House Photography | Marin
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Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.
Lao-tzu
Album Cover Gravitas
I can’t take everyone out to the Marin Headlands for portraits. I wish I could. The light is sublime. And the backgrounds are so...
The Evolutionary Advantage of the Face
Sometimes it helps to just let go. Portrait photography can be too serious and it helps loosen you up by showing your goofy, funny self....
Fleeting Glances
I know that we are so much more than we see. We are not our photographs, not our reflections. Yet, in those things there is an aura of...
Joy Bombs
Yesterday, I was in someone’s living room and I was looking at them through the camera, and we were talking. I was asking questions,...
Choosing The Right Feeling
When I look at a face in a photograph I want to feel the person, get a real sense of their spirit. For this to happen they have to behave...
How to Create a Visceral Portrait
I shot all these DBI portraits with a 50mm 1.2. For most of you that means nothing. But do you notice how there’s almost a 3D quality to...
Own the Power Dynamic
I’ve said this before but your face is an invitation and your portrait (on social media, websites, bios etc.) is either going to beckon...
Alive and Wise
A photograph is a portal through which we may enter the heart of another human being. It is a glimpse of something that cannot be fully...
Why You Need to Always be Steeped in Art
It was my first portrait booking outside of San Francisco. Never before had I been flown in for photos but New York City is my hometown...
You, Classic
If you’re reading this then my strategy worked. I shot a photograph intriguing enough to pique your curiosity. This particular location...
Emit Your Glow
The thing about portrait photography is the page is never blank. I don’t have to *do* anything, I don’t have to *think* about anything....
Calling All Hobgoblins
Not everyone wants to be seen. I mean truly seen. Many of us prefer some degree of obfuscation. The people I photograph, mostly, want to...
Want a Great Portrait? Become a Child.
I think that maybe the trick to doing a (good) portrait is to see oneself in another person. That may seem obvious. That may seem facile....
The Wordless Power of You
Every day I look through photos I have taken and write about one. This forces me to think about photography. This helps me to remember...
The Invitation
Do I want to meet this person? Is their photograph asking me to sit down and talk? I’ve said before that a good portrait beckons...
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