ABOUT

WELCOME

I grew up with a camera in my hands.

Although he made his living as a professional engineer, my father was an avid amateur photographer with a talent for the portrait and the photo essay. At age 10, I was shooting with a 35 mm SLR camera.  By the time I entered high school, I had graduated to a Hasselblad medium format rig, which I used as a contributor to my high school newspaper and yearbooks.  My dream was always to work as professional photographer.  I fully expected to earn my living with my camera, but it would not be until after an award-winning career in architecture and design that I would turn to photography as my full time profession.

I am glad I waited.

My professional training in design and architectural photography informs my work as a wedding and portrait photographer in a way that I would never have expected.  I have also worked as a freelance photojournalist and  a documentary photographer, covering a wide range of assignments in the US and abroad.

For the past three years I have been ranked in the top 5% of wedding photographers in the Washington, DC area.  In 2008, I was featured in Elan  Magazine for my documentary portraits. In 2010, my portrait images were used as the stage backdrop for a New York concert headlined by Wyclef Jean.  In October 2011, I was the featured photographer in the Good Works section of Professional Photographer Magazine, the leading magazine for wedding and portrait photographers in the US. Recently, I photographed the first wedding at the new Arena Stage in Washington.

I balance my work between wedding and portrait photography and freelance editorial and photojournalism assignments. To say I am living my dream would be an understatement.

Neil Colton

Professional Photographer

 

Professional Associations

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Wedding Photojournalists Association (WPJA), Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalists Association (AGWPJA), Professional Photographers of America (PPA), Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI)