About Lawson Whitaker
To inquire about commissioning photography for your commercial needs, arranging a portrait session for your family, purchasing fine art prints, or to address any of your questions please contact us.
| lawson@lawsonwhitakerphoto.com | |
| Phone | 423-400-9567 |
| Studio | Chattanooga and the World |
| Address | P.O. Box 1601, Chattanooga, TN 37401 |
A lot has happened to portraiture since Lawson Whitaker's darkroom days at Sewanee. With a perceptive eye for composition, his photography has evolved over several decades to include local, national, and international projects. Recently Lawson expanded his portfolio to include collage and digital painting, building a successful career in a highly competitive field by bringing a consistent vision to a diverse client base. The Chattanooga-based photographer thrives on the variety of projects he tackles. "Every day is something different doing exactly what I love," he explains.
Lawson brings the same emotion and creativity for a family, high school senior, corporate, or small business. He goes past taking the shot to draw personality and energy out of subjects. He takes photography out of the traditional studio to bring a deeper connection between the subject and the objective of the portrait.
"The most important consideration is the intent of the photo. The process begins by understanding how the image will be used and what it is meant to communicate, which always takes branding into account. Every family or landscape image show a unique and individual emotion.Every commercial image is designed to sell a product or a service, and a good photographer will always keep that in the front of his or her mind."
Lawson has a particular talent for arriving on location and making great images with what is on hand, based on what needs to be communicated. In fact, most of the images on this website were not planned in advance.
Lawson has his own visual perspective. "When I'm setting up, people often don't at first understand what I'm doing. When they see the test images they get this quizzical look on their face, as if they've never before seen that particular corner of their own office or home. Then they smile. They see something that can only be communicated visually. They see what I see; I've influenced the way they look at the world."
Portraits is his business: family, high school senior, wedding, landscapes, digital painting and commercial. His studio is Chattanooga and the world.
Some corporate clients include Volkswagen Group of America, Westinghouse Nuclear, DEI, Artech Architecture, BCBS, Jim Berry Company, Baylor School, Chattanooga Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Camping World of Chattanooga, Capital Mark Bank & Trust, Chattanooga City Council, Chattanooga Billiard Club, Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, Chattanooga Magazine, American Bicycle Group, Rardin Carroll Archetict, City of Chattanooga, Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Congressman Zach Wamp, EMS, First Presbyterian Church, First Tennessee Bank, FoodWorks Restaurant, Chattanooga Lookouts, Franklin Architects, Greenlife Grocery, Create Here, Chattanooga Symphony Opera, LSI Industries, Lyndhurst Foundation, McCalie School, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Mortgage South, Mountain City Club, Village Volkswagen of Chattanooga, Normal Park Museum Magnet School, North Shore Merchants, Raines Brothers, Raymond James, Republic Parking System, River City Company, Roman Brand Group, Sports Barn, State Senator Andy Berke, AREA203, The Enterprise Center, Thompson Engineering, Decosimo, TWH Architects, Tennessee Valley Authority, University of the South, The Walden Club, Walden Security.