Bio:.

James Cammack:

Since graduating from East Texas State University with a master’s degree in photojournalism, James has operated his own professional photography business first in east Texas and now in the Four Corners area of southwest Colorado near Durango. His assignments have been varied, to say the least, ranging from advertising to nature and wildlife to magazine editorialism to photojournalism and fine art. James’ personal photographic art has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries including the Dallas Museum of Fine Art and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. This invaluable experience gathered from over two decades as a professional photographer is brought to every wedding that James photographs.

Over the years James has been asked by friends and relatives to photograph their weddings. He was always happy to accommodate with the stipulation that he be allowed to shoot the events in the same manner that he approached his business and fine art photography - with a photojournalistic/documentary style, as a quiet observer, a fly on the wall.

In 2004 two things convinced James that the time was right for him to focus his talents on wedding photography. Firstly, digital photography had come of age. The quality of the digital image captured by today’s professional cameras surpasses the images made from film. And no longer would the cost of film and processing limit the number of photos that a photographer could shoot at an assignment. Furthermore the ability to transmit images via the internet and order online is an undeniable convenience to the client.

Secondly, wedding photojournalism had become the style that savvy and sophisticated brides and grooms wanted in their albums. To James the wedding photos should tell the story of the wedding events, not be a compilation of posed photographs. Weddings are overflowing with emotions. James believes that it is the photographer’s responsibility to capture those emotions with the camera.

James resides in southwest Colorado with his wife Sara and their four dogs. On weekends when he is not shooting weddings, James can often be found competing with his canine companions at an agility trial somewhere in the west.