As photographers, we hate to turn down work.  It feels like bad karma, and after years of doing freelance work, saying no is almost unimaginable. But that’s exactly what we’ve done time after time over the last years. We’ve just been too busy shooting and we didn’t want to farm out the work to others whom we couldn’t really trust. Jodi and I have developed a pretty good reputation and we made a conscious decision to be “boutique” rather than “factory”. 

When our son became a Bar Mitzvah, we knew we couldn’t shoot so we hired Dennis Lee whom we’ve known for years. The pictures are stunning, and our first associate was standing there staring us in the face. Shortly thereafter, our ace assistant Hillary started second shooting for us, and we realized we had another shooter we could trust. They’ve been shooting through our studio now for years. Their pictures are incredible, and our clients love them. So do we. 

Over time, we’ve become much more than just Jodi and me. We find ourselves doing video, portraits, montages and all manner of fun and different things. Calling us Steve and Jodi just didn’t seem to make sense anymore as we are so much more than that. The team has grown, the work we are doing has expanded, and it just made sense for us to acknowledge that. Although Jodi and I continue to shoot every weekend, so do others under our banner, thus the name change to Tripp Street Studio. We’ve evolved slowly, and we still believe that framing our clients memories in the most positive way is the most important thing we do. We’re just doing more of it now for more great clients. We will always try to be as user friendly as possible and we will never expand beyond those principles.