Professional Outdoor Lifestyle Photography

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Portraits, weddings, athletics, Ski photography,

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. look at their work, not their website or the over sized camera that they don't know how to use. Look at their work and talk with them about what you want done. cCme in with the mindset of this is what I want and then be open to the creative process that ensues

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. How incredibly hard it is to take a photo.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. What do you want. Look though magazines, internet, posters etc and decide how you want to look. I can duplicate just about anything while adding as much personal tweaks as you want.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. I am young passionate and intelligent about my work. For me it is not a job but a living.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. Getting to express others stories

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. How much do you charge?

Depends what you need. but the important thing is that you get what you want out of my service. Most shoots run between $50-200 but I have worked on productions that were well over $5000. I will even work for free if you give me the right pitch. The point is to be creative.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. Getting shot at in pioneer square was pretty cool.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. The big names do not always mean extraordinary results

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. My aunt has shot professionally for every one from Rolling Stone to Nordstroms since the 80s. I got on the set one day and was hooked.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. www.Bottomlinelive.com This is a hip hop artist that I have been working with all summer in anticipation of his upcoming album.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. I work allot,

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. social media and DSLR video production. I have already begun producing videos to go with my shoots.

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. This summer I had the opportunity to work with an upcoming artist Nate Palin on his production “Bottom Line Live”. Over the course of 2 months and 5 shoots we ventured out into down town Seattle at odd hours of the night to shoot the media for his new album “Life with a Sound Track”. We scaled rooftops with fifty pound bags of lighting gear, batted ally rats, and bullets, as well as formed local friendships that only art and music can inspire. The result was some of the most emotionally charged and graphic images I have had the pleasure to produce. I just recently got the go ahead from Bottom Line to release some of them.

www.bottomlinelive.com

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. Just talk to me. I am not in it for the money. I just want to be creative and help you. We will work something out.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Study popular culture, work harder then others, never count on being rich, express your passion for the art do not compete with others create with them.