Calm Photos

My apologies to a few of my local competitors, but guess what ?!?  I’m staying in Dayton ! Yeah !

Yup, despite the challenges I’ve faced over the last five years (I started Picture Ohio, llc in April 2003), I have worked hard to build my reputation as a professional photographer here in Ohio. If anything, I think it has become more clear to me recently that I’ve been selling myself short when it comes to my reputation and the quality of my work.

Previously I announced that I was going to relocate to Dallas, Texas. But all those plans have changed.

I will still be moving out of my current retail space at the end of June. At that point I will be relocating my photography business to my home (which I’m currently searching for) somewhere in the Dayton area. From there I will continue to grow and develop my assignment and editorial photography services for publishers and corporate clients, provide on-location portraiture services, sell licensing rights for my stock images and begin marketing and conducting regular scheduled photography workshops, to be held in the field and at different venues throughout Ohio.

Sales of fine art prints of my work with Ohio nature, landscapes, wildlife and cityscapes, as well as other scenic locations throughout the United States, will continue by way of my online storefront, for retail customers, and direct purchase, for commercial art dealers.

Cool. Now I don’t have to change the name of my business to “Picture Texas.”

Once you’ve been there, you will always yearn to return. The Colorado Plateau - from Southern Utah to the four corners and back down along Northern Arizona. The mesmerizing light and the hand of nature reveal form, color and texture eons in the making.

The subtle beauty of the hills, hollows and woodlands of Southern Ohio will always be home and the point of origin of my creative vision, but the land of the Navajo, the Anasazi, the Raven and the Eagle keep calling me back.

(and the message of the Eagle continues)

Want to learn how to take photographs like these ? I’m now offering photography workshops and lessons.

Fine art prints up to 44″x54″ available for sale at:

calmphotos.com » Workshops, Instruction and Presentations

Come this April I will have been in business for five years. Since that time I’ve given away free advice on photography and doing business as a photographer (just goes to show that I don’t follow my own advice) over and over and over again.

That’s about enough of that. No more free lunches. Want advice on how clean your sensor, on what to look for in a digital camera, where the best spots are for nature and landscape photography in Ohio ? Need a portfolio review and help on how to market your work ? Digital workflow ? File management ? Printing ?

Then call 1-877-527-6889 or email me to schedule a consultation. Fees start at $50 for half-hour minimum session, either over the phone or in-person here at my studio. Need more in the way of photographic instruction ? Then how about either a half or full day workshop, either here at my studio or out in the field. I can take check, PayPal, VISA or Mastercard.

I guarantee you will walk away motivated, energized and encouraged to develop your creative vision through the art of photography, and I will walk away knowing that I didn’t give away the store in the process.

Just today a friend of mine who owns a business installing custom AV systems in high-end homes complained about a potential client who took hours and hours of his time in researching and preparing a detailed project proposal, only to turn around and give the business to someone else. I know that problem all too well, especially here in the south suburbs of the Dayton where potential clients like that are almost always going to give their business to a buddy of a buddy, but use you to go on an information fishing expedition.

No more Mr. Nice Guys.