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<span class="text"><font color="#666666" class="text"> <table align="" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" summary=""> <tbody> <tr> <td> My approach to photography is rooted in the rich tradition of the National Geographic photographer. A lifelong devotion to craft and seven feature length stories for the fabled magazine has taught me how to work with every kind of person under any kind of condition and create timeless images for a client with the highest visual standards on earth.<br /> <br /> Simply put, I tell authentic stories that engage people and inspire them to dream.<br /> <br /> This experience informs my commercial work which revolves around bringing brands to life in ways people recognize as authentic and real. I want people to look at the images I create for companies and feel inspired, not sold to. In this sense, my commercial work is very personal and I seek collaborations with like minded clients who have a story to tell.<br /> <br /> More recently I have become absorbed with cinematography and am actively adapting my eye and skill-set toward shooting motion. Together with colorist and post production expert Jerome Thelia I co-founded <a href="http://www.mergegroup.com">Merge</a>, a boutique production company. Business is booming and after finishing a major global campaign for Sony, Merge just received major funding to shoot a feature length documentary based on the forthcoming book by Harvard Anthropologist John Fox entitled "The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game".<br /> <br /> At home, I live with my wife and two children in a 220 year old farmhouse with a big post beam barn on 2 beautiful acres just outside of Portland, Maine, a place that has always triggered an instinctual sense belonging in me. My family, my home, and Maine ground me and fuel the boundless sense of possibility and hope I bring to my work.<br /> <br /> I continually marvel at how endless the opportunities are. Now is the time to start exploring them.<br /> <br /> David McLain<br /> January, 2012<br /> North Yarmouth, Maine<br /> <br /> 207.450.6968<br /> <br /> <p> </p> </td> <td style="text-align: right;" valign="bottom"> <br /> <p> <font size="2"> </font></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <a href="mailto:david@davidmclain.com" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img alt="" border="0" height="384" hspace="15" src="/users/davidmclain5119/docs/Image/webready281crop.jpg" vspace="0" width="277" /></span></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </font></span><br>
