StephenC Photography is a professional event photography business covering all aspects of events – incentive travel, corporate awards, celebrations, gala dinners, annual reports, conferences and family photography.
StephenC Photographyalso offers One2One Photo Coaching to photo enthusiasts owning a DSLR camera as well as to those who want to make a career out of photography.
Photography Tips from StephenC Photography
- Being a professional photographer means you need to take great photos
- You need to be orientated towards spending lots of time with people and interfacing with all levels of society
- One needs to know how to quote and invoice and collect the money to pay the bills
- You need to know about workflow and marketing.
- You need to know about the business end of photography.
About Stephen
Stephen Cruickshank is theowner and chief photographer of StephenC Photography. He lives in Noordhoek, a semi rural suburb of Cape Town, South Africa with his wife, two daughters, a dog, a cat and some goldfish.
He has been taking photos since 1984 and has been a professional for more than 15 years. Stephen is passionate about making images and passionate about Cape Town and South Africa and all that this great country has to offer.
He is an internationally acclaimed photographer having shot on locations as diverse as New York, Zanzibar, Greece, Dubai, Mauritius, Paris where in June 2013 he was commissioned for a three week shoot to cover a training and incentive program which was the largest prolonged event ever hosted by Disneyland Europe.
As a professional, he is always extremely focused and prepared. His years of experience allows him to anticipate what is going to happen next helping me to capture those unique moments.
“I like to believe I have an unassuming, calming nature which helps bring out the best when I am photographing people and groups in all situations. I have a number of years past experience of working in the corporate environment which has given me the familiarity and understanding of the demands, and time constraints, prevalent in the business world. Event photography goes far beyond just pointing a camera at a subject and I use this corporate experience to good use by offering a professional and efficient service to all clients,” he says.
