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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

Walk With Me

Not all portraits I do are indoors, in offices, in urban settings. Not all lines are straight. Sometimes something softer is called for....

Come As You Are

Tell me what you think. Tell me how you relate to the world. Don’t mince words. Life is too short and too dangerous for that. By...

The Power of Metaphor

Metaphors drive understanding. Through metaphor we don’t just see our connectedness, we feel it. For Marshall here, the metaphor is the...

The Ubiquitous You

Each person is unique, but each person is connected to every other and has more similarities than differences. Without over-stating it...

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...

The Light House Photography | Marin