The Light House Photography Blog

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

YOU are The Lighthouse

You’re the beacon. You’re the source. Each person is filled with a thousand suns. I chose the name The Lighthouse to describe people....

An ODE is a Story

It begins with an image. And the location we choose is almost always an intuitive guess. In my mind it has to have some thematic...

Be mindful. Be curious. Dance.

To see a person, to enter their orbit and really see them, is the greatest privilege there is in this life. To listen to the story of...

Subtle Sells

Corporate portraits don’t have to be, well, so corporate. The spirit and personality of an organization, what it represents, its...

The Conversation: Portrait Photography is About Talking

You push a button, some light pours through the aperture and a moment in time is preserved. A moment as seen by the eyes of a visual...

Team Builders Wanted

The impetus for ODE was really that moment when I was at Nickelodeon, standing in the kitchen getting coffee when a co-worker I hardly...

Love is the Ultimate in Infrastructure

This man came into my life through a friend who has since passed on and he is but one of her many gifts to me. I have long wished to do...

I Bring You The Barn

When I did the website photos for NPM in Oakland I sourced a custom background (19th century beam skins from an Ohio barn) and set it up...

Diana Halfmann - Compassionate Listener

We need more listeners like Diana Halfmann. More ears. More hearts open to the suffering of the world. We need more mindfulness. We need...

Shalaco and the SF Land Trust

Shalaco was(is) exactly the kind of person I envisioned ODE for - he’s interesting, he has a great story, and he has a cause. The San...

ODE: Humanizing Our Online Selves

I wanted to do an ODE for Brandon because he’s a really good guy. And I wanted to know more about him. The ODE process lets me dig a...

Be Kind. Try Hard. Build things.

I don’t wish to make anyone feel uncomfortable. If I do an ODE for you it’s because I admire you and I want the world to see what I see....

All Dogs Are Good Dogs

“Is he a good dog?’ My daughter pointed at a nearby mixed breed, unsure of its disposition. “All dogs are good dogs” , I said. And I...

iPhone Photography Best Practices: 10 Tips to Help You Not Suck.

How to Take Better Photos with Your iPhone The iPhone in your pocket is an amazing tool that comes with a pretty great camera. And you...

Custom 'Stock' Photography

The Light House spent a day in the San Francisco offices of Salesforce.com helping them to build a custom stock photography library. We...

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