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....
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The Light House Photography | Marin
Your Story, Illuminated.
Portraits | Lifestyle |Editorial
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
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...
About Us
People assume I’m some sort of poet or artist but what I really love to do are team photos - portraits of people who work together. I’ll...
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...
A Galaxy So Close You Can Touch It
We can’t possibly know what’s going on inside a person. But there’s a whole universe in there, an entire lifetime of experiences and...
Everything is Everything
The other night I was watching The Sopranos and there was a scene with Hal Holbrook where he plays a scientist who, while watching a...
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...
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