Art Photographers was founded
by Scott Joshua Dere in 1998. Now in 2007, he has an established busniess
and office in Cedarhurst, New York. The company is known for hiring
out the finest photographers and Videographers at reasonable rates.
It has finally been recognized for incredibly fantastic Photography
capturing those precious moments in life, specializing in Digital Imaging
in the fields of :
All types of Weddings, Bar/Bat
Mitzvahs, Sweet 16s, Family Portraits, Bachlor Parties, Head Shots,
Fashion, Charity Events, Corporate Events, Interiors, Catalogs, Websites
and Stock Photography.
Art Photographers only uses
real artists in the community to photograph events. All are hand picked
by Scott himself and need to meet our high standards. There are some
worth mentioning here:
Christopher Scavone, a School
of Visual Arts graduate, who specializes in fashion photography and
has been published in Hampton Magazine, and Spanish Vogue. He has been
a valued asset to Art Photographers since the very beginning.
Congratulations to Stephen
Schwietzer who has been apprenticing with Scott Joshua Dere for many
years and we are proud to say he is now our third trusted photographer.
Scott Joshua Dere was born
and raised in Cedarhurst, NY is still residing locally. He has an Associates
degree in Media Communications from Nassau Community College and a Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts (SVA). He has studied
under some of the most famous Photographers and Printers throughout
his college career. Including interning with National Geographic Photographer
Ted Schiffman in Africa, and Printing with Sid Kaplan,Jerry Vezusso
at School of Visual Arts. In fifteen years of schooling and working
with many companies and photographers, Scott has become master of his
field in Developing, Printing, Digital Enhancement and Art History.
Scott is also has expertise
with all types of lighting and camera equipment. He is fully knowledgeable
about all types of digital imaging equipment and computer programs (Mac
or PC), relating to his field including Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark,
Flash, Dreamweaver, and Studio Master. He worked for Canon ITS for a
while and became fluent in their equipment and programs.
Besides his love of photography
Scott is interested in extreme sports like Snowboarding and mountain
biking. Scott loves to travel. He has been on Safari in Kenya, and Tanzania,
cruised around Alaska, and photographed British Columbia, Alberta, Canada,
Colorado, Utah, Montana,Idaho Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, California and
Mexico. Scott is always taking advantage of the outdoors, even doing
Pre-Shoots at the beach and park as well as many other outdoor locations.
Scott has driven the East Coast from Maine to Florida, and visited St.
Maarten in the Caribbean. He spent a lot of time in Europe. Particularly
Italy, where he traveled the land extensively shooting pictures and
studying Art.