Meet the photographer

A smiling man with short brown hair, glasses, and a beard, wearing a dark gray t-shirt and a smartwatch, standing with arms crossed in front of a brick wall.

My name is Scott and I have lived in South Haven for the last 14 years. I currently use photography as my creative outlet while also being the best Dad that I can be. I started my photography journey long ago, but decided to go professional in 2019 when some of my friends told me I need to sell my photos online. I chose to open an Etsy shop to sell photo prints of the local area.

Man taking a photograph with a camera on a sandy beach with green plants and water in the background.

Since then I have started doing family sessions, engagements, elopements, real estate, and various other contract work including a partnership with the South Haven Visitors Bureau. I believe Michigan can be one of the most beautiful places in the world and love spending time outdoors doing just about anything. The things I love most about my photography business is the ability to connect with people, capture memories, and show the beauty of the perfect sunset.

A family of four enjoying a picnic and playing in a forested park, sitting on a white blanket. They are smiling and laughing together amidst trees and greenery.

Some of my interests and passions that have influenced what I try to capture include a fascination with outer space, planetary events, and astronomical oddities/events. Since I started my photography Journey I have captured the Comet NEOWISE in 2020, many lunar eclipse events, deep sky astrophotography of nebulae and other stellar structures, A solar eclipse, and numerous Aurora Borealis events that have reached all the way down to Southwest Michigan.

Northern lights display with colorful green, pink, and red auroras over a residential neighborhood at night, with trees and houses visible below.

Aurora Borealis as viewed on Oct 2024

Poster advertising the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, with an image of an eclipse showing the sun's corona around the moon.
Night sky with numerous stars and a bright comet with a visible tail.

ATLAS A3 comet in Oct 2024

  • Fog wave: ABC news, MLive, Good Morning America, FOX weather, Weather Channel, Mlive, CNN, New York Post

  • Vogue (May 2024) - South Haven Visitors Bureau Advertisement

  • Traveler Magazine: May/June 2024 - Visitors Bureau Advertisement

  • Bon Appetit Magazine: May 2024 - Visitors Bureau Advertisement

  • South Haven visitors Bureau visitors guide - Many photos (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

  • Pure Michigan Magazine - 2022 Fall/Winter Travel Guide

Publications

Travel magazines and a Vogue magazine with a woman on the cover placed on a wooden surface.
Sunset over Lake Michigan with a red lighthouse, people standing on the pier, and partly cloudy sky.