A Little About The Studio Since obtaining my degree in photography in 1986, I have pursued many avenues of professional photography including fashion, advertising and commercial work. My heart is in the arts, I’ve always admired the many masters of photography and artists like Robert Frank, Alfred Steiglitz, Weegee, Larry Clark, Elliot Erwitt and Cartier Bresson. Many of these artists share in the gift of capturing what Bresson coined "the decisive moment". I began documenting marriages as a personal project, not a job. Through our commissions I've continued that project turning it into my life’s work, adding to a series that I began working on in the 1990’s. We are not your normal studio; if you appreciate the arts, a little history and value family heirlooms then you may have found what you were looking for. Respect is just one reason why the more you know, the more likely you'll commission bates photographic studio		Why What We Offer Is So Unique Studio offerings include hand printed portfolios made on silver rich fiber based B&W papers which are processed by archival methods in house. We are one of only a handful of studios in the entire country who offer this at all, much less Texas. The photographs we offer not only conform to museum standards for archival permanence, they are exhibition quality artists made images that are richer looking than any other wedding photographs you have ever seen, I guarantee it. Our clients appreciate that they can get unique coverage of their wedding and an end product of museum quality that will look as good 150 years from now as it does today, even in display conditions. This is the standard I insisted we maintain if I was to create this studio with my name on it. Quality is another reason why the more you know, the more likely you'll commission bates photographic studio.
Our Approach Posing, recreating scenes and trendy imagery are not why our clients commission us. I am a purist and our studio’s philosophy is to document your wedding day with a our own style of shooting and image making. Creating strong images that stand on their own is our goal, finding and crafting the images from your wedding that display substance and lasting beauty. This studio's commitment to excellence is the one thing we refuse to compromise. That’s a promise. Integrity is yet another reason why the more you know, the more likely you'll commission bates photographic studio.