Gibbons also is using computer technology to advertise his photography business to people outside the Winchester area, but who regularly tap into the Internet. He set up a Creative Arts Photography web page last April, which enables him to display up to 50 of his photographic samples, his credentials, and other aspects of his business. Recently he was hired to photograph a traditional Hindu wedding in Crystal City, after the couple viewed his work and checked his credentials on the web site. They hired him the morning of their wedding. The Internet has become increasingly more important, Gibbons said, with about 35 percent of his clients living in the Washington, D.C., area and unlikely to make the trip to Winchester just to see samples of his work.
Gibbons sees photographic opportunities with computers as unlimited.
He said he foresees a day when wedding albums are on mini computers, and when families unable to attend a wedding will be able to view the wedding photographs just minutes after they've been snapped, with the help of computer technology. It's mind boggling to see the changes coming. Click here to have me contact you Northern Virginia Daily. By Elizabeth Libby Daily Staff Reporter Christine M Litton didn't go looking for a photojournalist when she hired a photographer to capture the special moments of her wedding day last July. The Winchester dancer just knew she didn't want a wedding album filled with the cookie-cutter posed shots most other brides have in their albums the happy couple standing over the cake with knife in hand, or the groom peeking over his shoulder preparing to throw the garter.