Stennes Studios-About Us

Thunder On The Bay 2016 Images

Steve Stennes,

Photographic Master Craftsman,

Member of PPA—Professional Photographers Association &

Member of TCPPA—Twin Cities Professional Photographers Association.

2003 The PRO’S Photographer of the Year,

2007 TCPPA Portrait photographer of the year (2nd pl)

2008 TCPPA Portrait photographer of the year (2nd pl)

2011 Created and co/owned Immersed Imagery LLC Underwater Portraits
2012 Developed the Photographic Image Critique Group (PIC) over 100 members.
2014 Started the International Digital Visual Arts Academy LLC
Creating visual arts for over 25 years.

Although his list of

achievements places him

at the top of the wedding and

portrait studio and animation profession as well as educating others in the digital visual arts,

Steve credits his true success

to the love and support of his family and friends.

It was fortunate for Steve Stennes to find his career path at a very young age. In fact, he began his Visual Arts experience in grade school; he was in love with image-making and painting with various mediums. Upon graduating high school he was already an accomplished artist with a gift for composition, and capturing emotion with an artistic view.

Steve continued to study visual arts over the years as he worked on his computer science degree and digital animation graphics. When that training was complete, he opened his own studio and the camera along with digital technology became his medium of choice. Steve continued to study under noted Master Photographers and Videographers of the time. Steve schooled with the (PPA) Professional Photographer of America for 4 years. Steve was able to capitalize on his artistic talents and computer skills to launch him into the new Digital Visual Arts world as it was evolving. In 2003, Steve was awarded ‘Wedding Photographer of the Year’ by The Pros Entertainment Services Inc. winning over 350 of the East Coast’s best image makers. In 2007 and 2008, Steve again competed and was awarded ‘Portrait Photographer of the Year’ by the (TCPP) Twin Cities (Minnesota) Professional Photographers Association. Steve has had prints receive National Merits, accepted into loan collections and published on the cover of nationally syndicated magazines. He has also been the technical advisor producing video commercials for large service organizations and has created digital animations for commercials.

After successfully running a portrait and event studio for years, Steve began teaching and soon realized this was where he truly belonged, sharing his knowledge and artistic talents with others. He has been teaching photographic art and digital manipulation with Photoshop® since then in several settings including his studio, Community Education classes, one-on-one and currently at the Art Center Sarasota.Steve offers one-on-one training as well as group courses covering every aspect from capture to print and digital visual display, Adobe Photoshop®, Premier®, After Effects®, Dreamweaver®, Muse® FireWorks®, and Poser® usage and techniques, from beginner to advanced. Steve has helped several other professional digital visual artists advance their skills and studio productivity.

In 2013, he started the International Digital Visual Arts Academy, LLC to pass on his love for the Digital Visual Arts to emerging students.

Please be assured of his dedication and absolute commitment to excellence.