Meet Steve
CARETAKER • DISCUSSIONIST • CONSIGLIERE • SHOULDER
I can’t believe I can say I’ve been doing this for over 25 years (the past 15 years @CI), but I have. I hate the term salesperson (hence my preferred titles above), and in the manner in which Capture Integration is constructed, we’re not selling a product, we’re providing a service.
But service is such a cliche term. If you could really describe what we do at Capture Integration, it would be something along the lines of: We approach all of our clients with open, true hearts, and with an emphasis on integrity and dedication to making sure that what matters to our clients is embedded in our every action. I work here because of that.
Previously:
- Imacon USA
- Sinar-Broncolor USA
- Phase One USA
Working with the above manufacturers allowed me to obtain valuable perspectives from that side of the industry. However, I am most at home with environments that more actively percolate direct, long term relationships, and that is what we have here at Capture Integration, where we are involved in true advocating partnerships with photographers that cover a wide variety of objectives that they are pursuing.
Away from the office, I hit the jackpot with a beautiful, warm, and wise spouse, and an all grown up daughter who has occasionally astonished me in various ways, and provides many learning moments for me.
Hometown (s):
Current:
Decatur, Ga
Previous (chronologically):
Florida
Daytona Beach/Ormand Beach/Tampa/Deland/Orlando/St Augustine
New Jersey/New York
Hope/Ridgewood/Kinnelon/Manahawkin/Greenwich Village
Georgia
LaGrange/Dalton/Atlanta/Marietta/Decatur
Interests include, but are not limited to:
I love music, always have. I have my mother and older brother to credit for that. Almost all sorts – jazz, classical (love piano sonatas), rock, alt, prog (!), etc. The more innovative and non-mainstream, the better.
I also love cinema, and the above characteristics could also apply.
I read books, actual books. Every week.
I am a lifelong passionate animal lover. More so than most who would proclaim to be. I want the relationship. And in the past 6 years, I’ve swerved from little interest in the plant world to seeing plants as complex living beings, and my yard is now home to over 150 unique (mostly native) plant species that I have planted during this period. They are like my little children.
I have a relationship to every living thing in my yard. One of my neighbors walked by once and said (southern accent) – I love your yard. It’s so wiiiild and unruuuly. This was the highest compliment.
Very non-foodie. I don’t like cooking. I don’t enjoy cooking. Growing up, food was sometimes hard to come by. So while I enjoy food, it embedded in me that it was more something you needed than something you loved. If complete nutrition and a feeling that you had a meal of something could be delivered in pill form, I would skip a large amount of food preparation and consumption and just pop that pill in my mouth.
With that said, if I was on a deserted island, and I could choose one food to have, it would have to be an island that possessed a freezer, so I could eat Edys Chocolate Grand ice cream whenever I wanted.
Otherwise, my fave non dessert meals are usually Thai, Vietnamese, or American comfort food when I’m feeling naughty.
I’ve owned Canons for many years. My first Canon was the Elan II with the eye control focus. Move your eye and the focus point would move to where you looked. That was so frigging cool. I still have a Canon 6D, but since I have access to any Phase One, Hasselblad, Leica/Fuji, Alpa, Cambo, Arca Swiss gear from work, I rarely use the Canon. Most of the time when I know I’ll have some dedicated time to formulate photographs, I’m using the IQ4 150 on a Cambo or Alpa tech camera. There is simply nothing better when you have the time to use them. When I am in less controllable situations, I often use the Hasselblad X2D or the Fuji GFX 100 II, Both these systems have their charms and their differences.
Photographically, I abhor cliche. I like shooting just random things or unique perspectives that escape the eye. Driving around. Hmm, that looks interesting. And cats, lots of cats.
