Greetings: Thank you for stopping into my website. I hope you will enjoy yourself while you are here. Please allow me to tell you a little about myself. I am Mark T. Griffin owner and photographer at PHOTOGRAPHY AT YOUR SERVICE. I have been interested in photography since I started using my father's 35 mm Argus camera about 35 years ago. While in high school I became interested in photographing the activities of my fellow classmates for the yearbook. I soon realized that I had the eye and the timing to capture images at the height of the action. I also realized that I liked to take "people pictures" in order to capture their soul and emotion. Mostly self-taught, I continued to take classes for specialty purposes like darkroom work and business aspects of wedding and portrait photography.

In 1988 I took on my first "hired" wedding and haven't stopped. Booking about 22 weddings a year and hundreds of events behind me a unique change has been occurring for the past couple of years. With the resurrection of Black and White imaging and a photojournalism style of coverage an additional shooter, Mariann, my wife, has come on line. Not only do a bride and groom get complete posed and candid images in color they can have unique, emotional images in black and white.

Realizing the need to continue expanding the diversity of what I wanted to photograph, I founded my own business, PHOTOGRAPHY AT YOUR SERVICE, in 1995. The idea for the name came about because of the many stories from clients. They felt they had not received the service from the photographer at the quickie marts that they wanted. I wanted to be the photographer to give them the service that they desire. I feel that if a subject is involved in creating their portrait they will feel more confident about it. Realizing that they will have an input into producing their portrait allows them to be more creative.

Shortly after starting the business I became a member of the Professional Photographers of New York and well as the Kodak Promise of Excellence Program. Through the PPSNY I have taken yearly workshops from master instructors, gaining vast knowledge and unique ideas. Recently with the surge of digital photography, I have taken several courses on working with digital systems, print retouching and manipulation.

In April 2002, I attended the 97th annual PPSNY convention. At the convention I attended several classes by world famous instructors like Clay Blackmore and Denis Reggie. While participating in the statewide print competition, I entered four images for judging, my print entitled "Golden Eyes" a fine detailed digital portrait of a cat received a blue ribbon as well as the highly respected Court of Honor award.

What's next? There is a vast amount of creative situations becoming available to everyone at this time. With the ever changing scene in digital capture the question is only which way should we go? Many cool things are being developed for high school seniors and wedding photography that involved the Internet. The sky is the limit and your own creativity is your ticket.

Sincerely
Mark T. Griffin