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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

Because Love

Good leaders care about their people. They just don’t say they care, they actually do. And that is demonstrated by their actions. But...

Story Arks

We carry around our stories. They drive us, they define us. Our stories are who we are. Beneath this skin, this frail facade, we are a...

Honest Witness

You earned your acronym. You worked hard for it. You are to be congratulated, and celebrated, not for your title, but for your human...

Hearts and Minds

We are so much more than eyes, and skin, and hair. We are more than ears and necks. We are packets of energy and light held within these...

The Non-Binaries of Synchronicity

Lines mean a lot to me. Lines and curves. They help create compelling narratives in which the person I’m photographing is the...

Soul Houses

Housed in these packages our souls haunt the earth accumulating wisdom and experience like snowballs until they move on to...

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....

Look at Me

I want every person to just pop out of their photograph. I want you to feel as if you’re standing in front of them. I want to erase the...

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....

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....

Serendipity is my Partner

If there’s one thing I believe in as a photographer, one guiding principle I turn to again and again, it’s that seemingly chance...

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...

A Portrait Is An Invitation

It’s 2019 and we don’t use our portraits to adorn our parlor walls anymore. Portraits are not about vanity, or the preservation of the...

Ascendant

Photographing teams, especially game studios, is a great honor. These are nascent juggernauts who build worlds based on dreams. I love...

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