Stephen Young
Photographer, Filmmaker,
& Google’s Original Top-10 Worldwide Business Photographer
Hi, I’m Stephen Young. Ever since taking my first big-boy trip across the country I’ve been obsessed with understanding, capturing, and sharing with others the way a place or experience feels. Long before it was easy to edit photos and videos on the go I was walking the streets of San Francisco and nearby vineyards filming scenes while narrating from handwritten note cards I had prepared for the trip. When strangers would ask if I was making a documentary I said that I was just hoping to share with friends and family the sensory beauty of everything I was experiencing. My degree and day job were all business but what I did for fun suggested my heart had other ideas.
Then in 2007 as a weekend guest at a friend and real estate developer’s mountainside retreat, I overheard our host say that he was planning to hire a professional to photograph his vacation home and property. I thought that sounded cool. Armed with only a pocket camera I hiked the area and captured images that astounded my friend who later became my first architecture and interiors photography client. That weekend hike and random conversation led to my new career as a professional photographer and filmmaker.
A few years later I moved to New Orleans and received a phone call from Google. The world’s 4th largest company had seen my portfolio and invited me to become their first business interiors photographer in Louisiana. Within a year I was recognized by Google as one of its top-10 business photographers worldwide.
Now after nearly 2 decades my lens is focused on capturing Fascinating People, Handsome Hotels, Travel, Lifestyle, and Interiors photos and films.
Let’s have a conversation about your special place, how it feels, and how I can help you share it with the world.
Stephen Young, Photographer + Filmmaker
jstephenyoung@gmail.com
(504) 534-5877
(Photograph by Ryne Anderson)
Ryne Anderson
Pro Filmmaker
Hi, I’m Ryne Anderson. As recent as 2011 you might have seen me holding a stethoscope or a set of blueprints instead of the camera which I’ve come to love. That’s because I was a college student deciding between a career of either medicine or engineering. I was like so many students making a lifelong choice based entirely on what I thought would please other people instead of what would make me happy. I was at a crossroads in life and was about to go down a path that really wasn’t the person I truly am.
Then I went on a trip with my family to the Smithsonian Museum that changed my life. There was an exhibition of the winners of a national photography contest. I was amazed by the life experiences of all the people around the world who had been involved. I bought the book based on the exhibition and was in awe of everyone’s adventures. Each winning image was explained in detail. I was holding in my hands a treasure map of the life I knew I wanted to live.
When I returned home I changed my course curriculum and have never looked back. I enrolled in film school and started taking on independent projects. Helping other people tell their stories through the lens of my cameras is what I love doing every day.
Ryne Anderson, Filmmaker