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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

Intent Shines Through

I tell people always not to worry about their skin or their hair. The focal point in any portrait is your eyes. There’s not much you can...

Just Bring Your Eyes

The eyes, they say, are the windows of the soul. The portals, the doorways, the access points through which we feel a human being....

Guided Portraits

You are a story. And a portrait is a wordless version of that story with no beginning, no middle, and no end, There is no arc to the now....

Strangers No More

He was a stranger that day. He just walked up to me and asked if I could take his picture. We were in Chinatown. It was my birthday. I...

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...

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...

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....

The Light House Photography | Marin