Scott has been interested in photography most of his life and elected to make it his career shortly after marrying in 1979.

He is actively involved in the following professional organizations:

Professional Photographers of America
American Society of Photographers
Southwest Photographers Association
Texas Professional Photographers

He has achieved the following professional degrees:

Master of Photography
Photographic Craftsman
Certified Professional Photographer
Texas Fellowship Degree

Scott is an instructor for the Texas School of Professional Photography and is a frequent speaker and print judge at photography conventions around the country. He has also lectured artists groups on print enhancement and retouching. Scott’s simple to understand teaching methods are widely known by photographers across the country.

He has authored four educational books for professional photographers and plans to release a series of instructional videos.

Scott has had numerous prints selected for the Masters Loan Collection and many of these appear in various PP of A loan collection books. He has had numerous images on the cover of the Southwest Image Magazine.

He is one of four photographers in the nation whose work was selected by the Eastman Kodak Company for display at the PP of A National Convention Trade Show Exhibit.

Scott has been awarded over 230 trophies and awards for his work. These include Presidential Trophies on four occasions for highest print points in Texas and the Judges Choice Trophy on two occasions for overall Best of Show in the Southwest.
He has been honored for three consecutive years with the Fuji Masterpiece Award and has received the Kodak Gallery Award on nine occasions.

In 1994 Scott placed second in the nation winning the prestigious Eastman Kodak Elite Award. His work has been chosen for display at Walt Disney Worlds EPCOT Center and has also been selected for permanent display at the Sherman Hines Photography Museum in Canada.

Scott holds the distinction of being the first photographer in the history of the Southwest to score a perfect 100 on a print submitted for judging. This print is now part of the permanent collection at the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

To see a list of Scott's major awards, click here.

Scott has a variety of programs, seminars available for conventions, guild meetings and photography schools. To learn more about these presentations click here.

Scott's wife Becky lost her fight against cancer on May 23rd 2001. The following is her professional biography.

Becky Smith was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She was in the photographic industry for nearly twenty-one years with her husband, Scott.

She was actively involved in the following professional organizations:

Professional Photographers of America
Southwest Photographers Association
Texas Professional Photographers

She was their business manager, principle dark room technician, and photographer behind the camera during many of their sittings. Her interest in Polaroid SX-70 photography began in 1997. Rarely did a weekend go by without a trip to an old town or other event for the purpose of creating new images. Pola-paintings (as she called them) were a life changing form of creative expression for her.

Becky recieved the final merits needed to achieved her degree as a Master of Photography just after her death. Earning her degree was accomplished entirely with Pola-Paintings. She was the first person to ever do this. She spoke at photography guild meetings across the southwest and was a featured speaker at the 1999 Texas Professional Photographers Regional Convention. In 1998 she entered professional print competition for the first time and received four out of four merit scores and three awards. In 1999 she again received four merit scores as well as five awards. From her first years entries, two images were selected to be included in the PP of A Loan Collection. She accumulated 13 print merits in three years of competing and was a featured speaker at the PPA National Convention in Las Vegas.

Becky co-authored a book on the subject called “Pola-painting, The Art of SX-70 Manipulation”. In 1999, she exhibited a large collection of her work at the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in Oklahoma City. The museum has since selected one of her images to be part of the museums permanent collection.

Scott is now continuing to keep Becky's Pola-Painting presentation alive and expanding with more of Becky's images. This program is available for conventions, guild meetings and photography schools. To learn more about this presentation, click here.

To learn more about Scott and Becky on a personal level, visit the family and personal area.

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