Hello and welcome to my portfolio website!  

I started with photography during high school. I dropped a class and needed a replacement, and thinking photography would be an easy A, I signed up. Once I was handed a camera to use, I was hooked immediately and wanted only to photograph, develop film, and make prints in the darkroom.

With my passion ignited, I attended the Harrisburg Area Community College and received an Associate's Degree in photography. It was during this time I learned the Ilfochrome process for making color prints from slides. I then moved to Rochester, NY to attend the Rochester Institute of Technology, where I earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. While attending RIT, I developed a strong interest in Photoshop, for photographic manipulations as well as retouching, so I took several classes to learn these skills. After graduating from RIT in 2008, I began working at a portrait studio, where I worked for several years as a photo retoucher.

Presently, I have a business operating in the York/Lancaster/Harrisburg, PA area. I’m happy to service that area and beyond as I am fully mobile in my setups. I work very easily on location, so if you’re in need of a photographer please use the contact page and get in touch!

Thank you for visiting,

   - James T. Giffen

All photographs ©James T. Giffen