Hello and thank you for your spending your time exploring our website. My name is Chrissy Tenney and I am the artist behind Marcum Photography. Most people ask where the Marcum comes from in Marcum Photography? Well, most people use their name as their business name and Marcum was my maiden name. I started my business while I was in school before I got married. So not only was I already doing business as Marcum Photography, but my parents where essential in encouraging me to go to school for photography so I feel it honors them as well.
So I am not self taught I have a Bachelors of fine art in Photography from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbra, California. I also have and an associates in photography from Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. How does someone decide what they want to be when they grow up? Well I decided that photography was really the only class I ever liked. Thats a great way to pick a career right? My parents found Powell Wyoming and they said "look you can go to school at home getting your generals done like everyone else or you can experience and new place and get to photograph in Yellowstone". Who does't say that. It was one of the best experiences of my life. I meet amazing people, great friends, got to be so creative and even went to my first rodeo. Our teachers where so wonderful there is really wasn't a better place for me.
I knew I needed a Bachelors so since one of my teachers graduated from the acclaimed Brooks Institute I was able to transfer there. It's extremely competitive there which I wasn't too fond of and very by the book but they have classes you can't get other places. I got to really expand my knowledge to so many areas. I even got to do what they call industrial photography which is the breaking glass and stopped water shots, very fun. I also meet a church family there that I still have to this day and they helped me keep my sanity and good nature while dealing with that crazy competitive environment.
So what do you do when you get out of school? For me it was easy, continue doing what I love and am interested in. I photograph not only because I love it but, because there is just something amazing about being involved in peoples. I am always meeting new people and always growing as an artist because each new session is different, which I love! As you can tell from my portfolio I have got the opportunity to photography many different things over the years. In school you have to pick a major and in owning a business you have to specialize in one area.
We specialize in newborns and family. It really fits my personality. Newborns I know can scare some people because they are so tiny. For me they are big, they are one of the biggest things that will ever change a persons life. Which makes them a very big deal. Each child is a small person and each person in life has a story and is special to someone, that is what I feel our focus is. Not only do I get to photograph this child but I track their story. I have been very privileged to know a couple before that child was a thought. Its special to see their excitement in their maternity session. I get to see them transform into parents daddy nervously holding them. I love when mom gets to take a breath seeing her baby all wrapped up and beautiful, for a couple hours she gets a bit of a rest as she watches how beautiful her baby. Plus who doesn't love the cubby cheeks and walking feet. I get to see more then some of their family. It is such a rewarding job to feel so much a part of that families life. I get called for family pictures and you visit their homes and my art is on their walls. They walk by the images of their family on their walls that I took or flip through albums I made and remember the best times. Who doesn't want that as a job and who doesn't want to have beautiful memories of their life and family around them. Thank you for reading this I hope you consider becoming part of our family of clients.
