About Straight Shooter...
Dan Morgan has been a life long Cleveland photographer, who just happened to spend 8 years in NY to enrich his photography skill set. During Dan’s first years in NY, he assisted other internationally acclaimed Photographers like Henry Leutwyler, Stephen Hellerstein and Howard Schatz, among others. Dan wanted to learn more about photography styles of other photographers. Morgan continued learning about the shooting styles of other photographers when he was hired, as an outside contractor, by Sotheby's Auction House, joining a staff of over a dozen of the best catalog shooters in the world. "I was hired because Sotheby's wanted someone to fill in for other shooters as needed". Ben Cohen, the head of Photography at Sotheby's, was very impressed by Dan's range. While Dan continued to do regular work for Sotheby's, he managed to also acquire regular work from other high end retailers, Kate Spade, Jack Spade, Jeri Cohen Jewelry and Searle NYC , among many others. In 2005, Dan decided to return HOME to Cleveland.
About Straight Shooter and Real Estate Photography…
We started Straight Shooter as a product photography business. Most of our work was shot inside the studio for catalogs. As we shot more and more catalogs, our clients wanted to see the products in use. "This required photographing products in nice realistic settings. I am not that capable (or interested) of building elaborate sets for this kind of thing." Dan recalls. We have always had the client's budget in mind. Shooting on location was a way to save the client money. It has made us very resourceful, making the best of what we have to work with.
When Dan returned from NYC, he had a great opportunity to start shooting for HouseTrends Magazine. Sarah Dills,The Editor, gave Dan free reign over assignments she gave him. Dan would read the story Sarah would write, schedule a time to get into the home, and "go to town", often using selective focus to feature finer details of the homes. For HouseTrends, Dan has shot over 50 feature stories, attaining additional financial compensation for earning over 20 cover photos. Dan still shoots primarily catalog work, for retail and industrial clients, however, it is the Residential and Commercial Real Estate work that is Dan's most recent passion!
Dan almost always uses unique supplemental lighting equipment, Photoshop plug ins and stand alone apps. We also use wide and special effects lenses to achieve the desired look in location photography, which always presents unique challenges.
Our market for this type of work...
Home Remodelers - Builders - Architects - Interior Designers - Hotels and Restaurants and more.
Visit our Real Estate Page, on Houzz !
Dan Morgan has been a life long Cleveland photographer, who just happened to spend 8 years in NY to enrich his photography skill set. During Dan’s first years in NY, he assisted other internationally acclaimed Photographers like Henry Leutwyler, Stephen Hellerstein and Howard Schatz, among others. Dan wanted to learn more about photography styles of other photographers. Morgan continued learning about the shooting styles of other photographers when he was hired, as an outside contractor, by Sotheby's Auction House, joining a staff of over a dozen of the best catalog shooters in the world. "I was hired because Sotheby's wanted someone to fill in for other shooters as needed". Ben Cohen, the head of Photography at Sotheby's, was very impressed by Dan's range. While Dan continued to do regular work for Sotheby's, he managed to also acquire regular work from other high end retailers, Kate Spade, Jack Spade, Jeri Cohen Jewelry and Searle NYC , among many others. In 2005, Dan decided to return HOME to Cleveland.
About Straight Shooter and Real Estate Photography…
We started Straight Shooter as a product photography business. Most of our work was shot inside the studio for catalogs. As we shot more and more catalogs, our clients wanted to see the products in use. "This required photographing products in nice realistic settings. I am not that capable (or interested) of building elaborate sets for this kind of thing." Dan recalls. We have always had the client's budget in mind. Shooting on location was a way to save the client money. It has made us very resourceful, making the best of what we have to work with.
When Dan returned from NYC, he had a great opportunity to start shooting for HouseTrends Magazine. Sarah Dills,The Editor, gave Dan free reign over assignments she gave him. Dan would read the story Sarah would write, schedule a time to get into the home, and "go to town", often using selective focus to feature finer details of the homes. For HouseTrends, Dan has shot over 50 feature stories, attaining additional financial compensation for earning over 20 cover photos. Dan still shoots primarily catalog work, for retail and industrial clients, however, it is the Residential and Commercial Real Estate work that is Dan's most recent passion!
Dan almost always uses unique supplemental lighting equipment, Photoshop plug ins and stand alone apps. We also use wide and special effects lenses to achieve the desired look in location photography, which always presents unique challenges.
Our market for this type of work...
Home Remodelers - Builders - Architects - Interior Designers - Hotels and Restaurants and more.
Visit our Real Estate Page, on Houzz !
For more information or a free consultation / estimate...
contact Dan Morgan
Cell - 646-621-6434
rex@straightshooter.com
contact Dan Morgan
Cell - 646-621-6434
rex@straightshooter.com