Marc Benjamin Photography Blog

What's Marc's Story?

I use a combination of natural light and precision flash photography techniques for my work. More importantly and what really matters is that I'm really good at making people look good in pictures. My clients tend to end up being my friends and my friends tend to end up being my clients. I think that's pretty cool.

My studio is based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm a Master Photographer which is the photography field's equivalent of being an international level black belt in Karate. There are less than 2.5% of us who have earned the title amongst all the professional photographers in the world. Since the Karate analogy's already out there, I think I could get away with saying that the pictures my clients and I create, kick ass!

I'm also a national level speaker within the photographic community. My topics range from how to possition people to make them look good, how to light people to make them look good and how to find angles that help make people look good. Catch the theme yet?

I'm totally addicted to audio books. My earphones are almost glued to my head it's freaky scary. I go through a new book every couple of weeks. Mostly fiction and fantasy adventures. I've listned to the entire Twilight Saga 3 times though I think Kristen Stewarts to hot to play Bella Cullen. 

When not reading err listening to books, I'm into Movies, TV, very lazy Sunday afternoons and spontanious drives down the California coast. I think Bon Jovi's Crossroads albums is the best album of all time and I've seen almost all of the Cirque du Soleil shows in Vegas.

I love traveling! I've done photography work and lectures all over the United States, Canada and Mexico. On my 21st birthday, I went on a Scandanavian soul searching vacation because of some girl. I've drank Absinthe in Denmark, that tequilla (mescal really) with the worm in it in Mexico and a lot of cheap gin in the Philippines. I think frequent flyer programs are a big sham. I love Sushi even more, one of my goals is to get a special roll named after me at the sushi bar down the street from my studio.

Thanks for stopping by, check in frequently and I hope to see you in the real world.