ABOUT

Hudson Valley Wedding

Now 34, it’s taken me almost ten years to finally accept the notion of referring to myself as a professional photographer, but that is who I am.  I’ve worked day in and day out, seven days a week, but photography is all that I know and all that I do.  My name is Steven Planck.  I own Blue Sky Photography in Wappingers Falls, New York and I am a professional photographer and I love what I do.

In the beginning, back when we used to shoot film, my very first jobs were loading medium format backs and carrying a light on a mono pod for $10 an hour.  I got all the shit jobs, but truth be told, I didn’t mind it.  In fact, a lot of my very first jobs were ones that I did for free just to gain the experience.  Paying my dues they would tell me, you have to pay your dues. It’s not till now, almost ten years later that I can look back and say thank you.  I appreciate what all of my mentors did for me, you made me eat dirt and for some silly reason I liked the taste of it. But I guess that’s what you have to do, eat the dirt to make sure you like it, because things aren’t always easy.

Just out of college, my career began as a camera operator on HGTV’s Kitchen Design and Bed and Bath Design as well as the Outdoor Life Channels Bicycle Journal.  I did that for about two years until getting into a fight with an executive producer, who pissed me of so bad that I quit, but to him too, (John) I thank you.  For if you weren’t such an ass to me then, I wouldn’t be where I am today.  By quitting, I was sticking up for myself and there’s never anything wrong with that. I hope you’re doing well, seriously.

From that point on, life’s been kind of a blur. I’ve gone onto receive the Peter Klose Memorial Photography Scholarship, was a 3x finalist in Photographer Forum’s Best of Photography Annual (1998, 1999, 2000), grew a photography business that I started in my moms living room into what is now one of the biggest in the area, I’ve won a Panavision Screen Writing Contest, took first place in the Professional Photographers Society of New York State print comp in September of 2009, a third place finish in June of 2009, a first and a third place finish in May 2010 and a second place finish and two thirds in September of 2010, I bought a small apartment building and I’ve been published.  I’ve photographed everyone from Hillary Clinton to John Hall to Richie Havens to the local dentist just down the street.

I’m currently a member of the American Society of Media Photographers, the Professional Photographers Association of America and the Professional Photographers Society of New York State.  I’m an active supporter and volunteer for Saint Jude, the Dutchess County Hospice and a supporter of the Make-a-Wish-Foundation.

IN SHORT – Occupying almost 3000 sq ft of studio space, it boasts an impressive 15 foot ceilings height and is fully equiped for those large or small commercial and product photography jobs. Also serving as a meeting place for prospective commercial clients, ad agencies, art directors, the discerning and trendy Bride and Groom from New York City, the upstate New York Hudson Valley region, Westchester, Connecticut and Boston, we’re available by appointment only Monday – Friday from 9:30 – 7pm.

The proprietor Steven Planck is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, MA and is an accomplished and published photographer specializing in Hudson Valley New York, Westchester, Boston, PA, CT,   Photography. His work has appeared on national television shows as well as in numerous magazines. His Wedding Photography has been printed and written about in such places as The Knot, Best Ever, Wedding Wire, Snow Magazine, Chromogram Magazine, The Poughkeepsie Journal and in Hudson Valley Magazine just to name a few.  Just this past year alone he’s won numerous wedding photography awards for his innate ability to capture time simply and truthfully, with a pop of contemporary and artistic flare. Currently regarded as one of the top Photographers in the area, he has the belief that when shooting events the wedding photographer should be as candid and unobtrusive as possible, that photographing weddings has to come from the heart and that emotional images are captured when you are able to have a connection with your subjects.

Steven’s Hudson Valley Wedding Photography is recommended by a long list of corporate and commercial clients, other photographers in the region, as well as hundreds of satisfied clients.  He is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers, New York State Professional Photographers Association and the Professional Photographers of America, and has worked at some of the Hudson Valleys premiere banquet halls including Albemarle Mansion, Alder Manor, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Wainwright House, Buttermilk Falls, Cat Rock (Osborn Castle), The Garrison, Mohonk Mountain House, The Highlands Country Club, Apple Barn Farm, Full Moon Resort, Belvedere Mansion, The Rhinecliff Inn, Catlin Creek,Bykenhulle House, Sunnyside in Tarrytown, Lyndhurst, Philipsburg Manor, Van Cortlandt Manor, Montgomery Place in Annandale, Union Churchand The Grandview to name just a few.