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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

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 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...

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...

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...

The Invitation

Do I want to meet this person? Is their photograph asking me to sit down and talk? I’ve said before that a good portrait beckons...

The Doppleganger

People are sometimes concerned about the background. But it doesn’t really matter. Unless it detracts from your face. You see, we’re...

Portraits Done By Feel

As someone who takes photography seriously I spend a lot of time looking at the surfaces of people and things. It appears that these...

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