Patrick McDermott | Visual Journalist

With Autumn just around the corner, I once again have become restless for the arrival of winter.  Over the years I have photographed a ton of cool events and really important people, but what I love the most to photograph is skiing or snowboarding or anything that has me around snow.  So as soon as the first snow falls in the Rockies or Sierra Nevada Mountains and I don’t answer my phone, know that I’m off doing what I do best.

Over the past few months, a ton of people have asked me what it is like to do the job I do.  To try to start to answer that question, I decided to pool a collection of fun photographs of fellow photographers that I took during my travels over the last year or so.  Even though these photos show the fun side of the job, it is really a ton of hard work and long hours to get the photographs that we produce day in and day out.  Enjoy!

A few weeks ago I had the true honor to photograph Shannon and Mike’s wedding on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.  For anyone who has never had the chance to venture to Bald Head Island, I highly recommend it.  The island is absolutely beautiful and transportation is by golf carts as no cars are allowed on the island.  For a photographer it is a dream location to photograph a wedding.  Here is a quick portrait that I took of them near the end of the reception.  More to come soon…