I love working with people!

I hear many times how photographers in my industry complain because they have someone difficult they work with.  I guess I have been lucky because I have always worked with great clients.  I typically build a pretty strong bond with my clients.  I have been fortunate to have worked with great people.

I just had the honor to photograph a fantastic couple, Calista & Mark.  They are fantastic people and have great family and friends.  I will share a few samples from their wedding in the near future.  By the way, that is one thing I hesitate doing.  I hesitate in sharing photos because I feel that weddings are such a private, intimate time that I really am not comfortable sharing photos with the world.  I am very proud of my work but I put the privacy of others above just showing off photos.  So any photo I share is simply one of many that I take and deliver to my clients.  

What I share is not always the best, but photos I am comfortable sharing. 

Back to Calista and Mark, I wanted to share an email that they sent to me:

Scott,

Thank you again!!! Mark and I along with our parents looked at our photos. AMAZING! ......... You are truly awesome. 

 

-Mark and Calista   

The Editing Command Center

The photo above is a quick shot of my desk.  My father was kind enough to put hours of work into making me a custom desk.  I will take a few shots when I have a chance and show you more of my desk.  The reason for this photo is to show you the amount of work that goes into making photos perfect.  After taking the photo there are many hours of work editing photos.  I have several computers on my desk and they all have a purpose.   I just added the Apple iMac because of many frustrations trying to make things work on my Windows Vista machine. 

To ensure that no detail is lost I also have many different backup methods that are not pictured here.  But remember that it is not simply taking a photo and adding it to a CD or DVD.  There are many hours & days of editing after the photo shoot.  I will in the near future add before and after photos to show you the difference even a little editing work makes.

What has Scott been up to?

Hey thanks for asking.  Yes I have been taking tons of photos but I recently caught a cold.  After a week of dealing with feeling horrible my wife sent me to the doctor.  I reluctantly went and the doc determined I had bronchitis.   I suffered through bronchitis and after two weeks did not feel any better.  This time I willingly decided to go to another doctor and was diagnosed with pneumonia.  After some aggressive medication and treatment I am back on the mend.  I am glad to be back up and running and can't wait to be 100%.

It sure makes me appreciate my health.  I am thankful to God for giving me and my family good health.

I will try to play catch up in the next few weeks and post some of the work that I did.  I was able to do a wedding this past weekend and should have those up shortly.

Here is one of a mother and her son.  Let me give you a little story on this kid.  I was taking photos of him at a wedding rehearsal dinner.  I was up close and personal with him while he was eating.  He told me that it was dangerous to photograph people while they eat.  I asked him why.  He said because I could scare them and they could choke on their food and die.  Yikes.  I better brush up on my Heimlich skills. :)