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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

The Truth That Can't Be Seen

In photographs we sometimes glimpse that little spark of life in us. There’s something beyond perception, beyond what we can see with our...

A Whiff of You

Presence. That’s what I’m going for. I want you to feel as if you’re standing in front of the person in the photograph. I want them to...

The Gateway to You

This is the first portrait I ever got paid for. I got $50 which is not a livable wage for all the time and work involved but what I...

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...

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