Mattwj Photography Photographer from San Diego, CA

I love photography and capturing moments that show the best in a person or a couple. I will gladly work on any project that requires patience and expertise. I mainly shoot individuals and portraits, but I really enjoy working on the occasional wedding. A little about my background – I took pictures through high school, even built my own darkroom. Kept taking pictures through junior college, then got a sweet deal to go to Brooks Institute. Studied Industrial/ Scientific Photography, focusing many days and nights on capturing ballistics and rapid gas expansion images. Its amazing what the camera can capture that the human eye would never see. I finished in 2006, jumped on a boat and sailed the Caribbean for 6 months, taking pictures every day. I eventually came back to San Diego, working as a photographer and serving on the board of the San Diego chapter of ASMP (Associated Society of Media Photographers) – a great organization to help educate anyone interested in photo practices or the business of photography. After a few years in San Diego, I decided to work for a wonderful photo editing software company, Nik Software. Ive helped develop and test software for the worlds best professional photo editing plug-ins and the mobile app, Snapseed- which won iPad app of the year for 2011 and best photo editing app in 2012. I am currently working as a freelance photographer, retoucher, and consultant. I'd like to help you with your project, even if somehow I can't shoot it, I know many people in the photographic community, and would love to refer you! If you want me to work on a project for you, please tell me a about it and I will ask you a bunch of questions to make sure that we get exactly what you need. Thanks for checking me out, please visit my website at www.mattwj.com