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Clean and intentional. I seek angles that bring your eye into the space and celebrate the care taken with design and furnishing. I believe in maintaining the integrity of the natural daylight in a room and faithfully representing the true colors and tones within.

I work with interior designers, stylists, builders, and architecture firms across the Lehigh Valley region. The project spaces have ranged from single-room residential designs to entire educational and medical buildings.

I will keep an open dialogue with you before we photograph a project and during the shoot to ensure we highlight particular points of pride and importance within the design. Collaboration is the essence of my workflow.

To ensure the best return on your photography investment, I expect the space to be thoroughly cleaned and staged before my arrival. I will not clean or move heavy furniture – but I can and will shift small furniture and objects if it will make a clear difference in the photograph.

I will bring all the cameras and lighting equipment necessary to photograph your project. I always have the necessary cameras, lenses, and backup equipment on hand. While I intend to use natural daylight – and do turn lights off in most spaces – I will also bring additional lighting to supplement or compensate for lack of light.

All images I deliver are hand-edited by me, color corrected, properly aligned, cropped, sized, and retouched – including the removal of lights, exit signs, smoke alarms, etc. when necessary. Files are written multiple times on cards and again backed up multiple times for storage.

Images are delivered within one month of photography. The number of images corresponds to the scope of the project. A few rooms may yield 20-30 images, while an entire school or facility could be 100 images or more. Images are delivered digitally with the option of downloading full-resolution and web-sized files.

I maintain an hourly creative rate for arriving and photographing a project. After the shoot, you can preview and select the images you’d like to use. The images will be licensed to you with a fee per-image or per-batch, depending on the scope of the project and your intended use.

Travel is billed separately if travel time exceeds one hour from Bethlehem, PA.

Unlike personal photography (like weddings and family portraits), commercial photography involves licensing images for specific uses.

As the photographer, I retain the copyright to all photos I take. Most clients license the images for web use, social media, contest entries, and occasionally publications. Licensing for advertising and print campaigns may differ from that of web and social use.

Before project completion, I’ll work with you to tailor the licensing agreement to your specific usage needs. This ensures you pay only for the images and uses you actually need – and you can always license additional uses later.

If a third party – such as a builder, contractor, or other collaborator – would like to use these images, they’ll need to license the files separately under their own agreement

Frequently Asked Questions

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How would you describe your photography style?

Clean and intentional. I seek angles that bring your eye into the space and celebrate the care taken with design and furnishing. I believe in maintaining the integrity of the natural daylight in a room and faithfully representing the true colors and tones within.

Who do you work with for interior photography?

I work with interior designers, stylists, builders, and architecture firms across the Lehigh Valley region. The project spaces have ranged from single-room residential designs to entire educational and medical buildings.

Are you open to collaborating on the creative direction?

I will keep an open dialogue with you before we photograph a project and during the shoot to ensure we highlight particular points of pride and importance within the design. Collaboration is the essence of my workflow.

Will you stage and style the scene?

To ensure the best return on your photography investment, I expect the space to be thoroughly cleaned and staged before my arrival. I will not clean or move heavy furniture – but I can and will shift small furniture and objects if it will make a clear difference in the photograph.

Will you bring all of the equipment for the shoot?

I will bring all the cameras and lighting equipment necessary to photograph your project. I always have the necessary cameras, lenses, and backup equipment on hand. While I intend to use natural daylight – and do turn lights off in most spaces – I will also bring additional lighting to supplement or compensate for lack of light.

What is your approach to editing and backups?

All images I deliver are hand-edited by me, color corrected, properly aligned, cropped, sized, and retouched – including the removal of lights, exit signs, smoke alarms, etc. when necessary. Files are written multiple times on cards and again backed up multiple times for storage.

What is the final turnaround time and number of images?

Images are delivered within one month of photography. The number of images corresponds to the scope of the project. A few rooms may yield 20-30 images, while an entire school or facility could be 100 images or more. Images are delivered digitally with the option of downloading full-resolution and web-sized files.

How do you price your photography services?

I maintain an hourly creative rate for arriving and photographing a project. After the shoot, you can preview and select the images you’d like to use. The images will be licensed to you with a fee per-image or per-batch, depending on the scope of the project and your intended use.

Do you charge for travel outside of the Lehigh Valley?

Travel is billed separately if time exceeds one hour from Bethlehem, PA.

How do you handle usage rights and licensing?

Unlike personal photography (like weddings and family portraits), commercial photography involves licensing images for specific uses.

As the photographer, I retain the copyright to all photos I take. Most clients license the images for web use, social media, contest entries, and occasionally publications. Licensing for advertising and print campaigns may differ from that of web and social use.

Before project completion, I’ll work with you to tailor the licensing agreement to your specific usage needs. This ensures you pay only for the images and uses you actually need – and you can always license additional uses later.

If a third party – such as a builder, contractor, or other collaborator – would like to use these images, they’ll need to license the files separately under their own agreement.

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