I even have one of his framed photographs of the Harrison Lighthouse in Barbados. He was in Maine just a few days before my writing this story, to bring us some of his framed photos for our retail store, and photograph more Maine lighthouses for his collection. When he first started aerial photography, Lynn didn't have a plane, nor did he even know how to fly one. He taught himself aerial photography, then he bought a plane, and, lastly, he learned how to fly. Today in his four-passenger plane, a Cessna Skyhawk built in 1975, he soars through the air with the greatest of ease, photographing lighthouses from every possible angle.
Lighthouses are picturesque because they have rugged scenery and territory.
As a pilot, Marvin learned that an airplane placed in a shallow bank will fly itself in that configuration. Using that principle, he took aerials as he piloted the plane himself. However, now that his wife and son also have learned to fly, he can concentrate more on the photography, while they do the flying. Whatever the case, his lighthouse photos are among the best we've ever seen. The majority of his work is individually hand printed in his own darkroom, with archival photographic procedures, to assure that the finished photograph will last a lifetime.