From the Mind of JScott

Fresh out of high school I really wanted a job at the local newspaper. I didn't care what I had to do to get it; empty garbages, vaccuum, scrub the toilet. Whatever I had to do to get onto the staff as either a writer or photographer or both I was willing to do. After weeks of bothering and annoying the editor (believe me, almost every week on the same day at the same time) I was in office trying to lobby him for a job. Eventually he gave in. "Alright, you want a job?" he asked. "Boy do I have a job for you." I spent the next 5 days in a sauna of a barn at the Delaware County Fair taking down the names of all of the winners of the animal shows  and taking a snapshot of them in all their animal showing glory. I was getting to kick start my dream of becoming a professional photographer. What does this have to do with judging? Well, last night I was selected to be the  official judge at the annual Buchanan County Amateur Photography Contest ,  put on with h...

It's been a few days since the end of the Delaware County Fair so I thought I'd take a moment and recap some of the highlights and thank a few people! First off, I want to personally thank everybody that took the moment to check out my work, hear my story, learn about JScott Images  and book sessions or purchase parade photos. It was great getting to meet you and I look forward to providing you the highest quality professional photography possible!! It was hot. Like really hot. ALL. WEEK. LONG. Thank goodness for my fan otherwise I'm not sure I would have survived. I'd also like to thank Jeannie Domeyer, her sidekick Shelly (never did get her last name), the staff and security team of the Delaware County Fair Board for assisting me leading up to and during the week of the fair. They were great to work with and helped make my first ever booth experience an enjoyable and successful one! I also want to thank all of the vendors, especially thos...

Growing up, the vendor "barn" at the Delaware County Fair was a place to stock up. Ink pens. Keychains. Koozies. And just about anything else a person really doesn't need more of all for free in front of them. Now it becomes an ideal spot for me to share with the people of Manchester and surrounding communities in and around Delaware County my photography business and just what I can offer them. I ended up with a corner spot, prime location as I'm right next to one of only two entrances in the barn. Traffic by the booth was sporadic yesterday early on but man, once it got going, it didn't seem to stop. At one point my dad was kind enough to drop off a brown bag lunch (seriously, it was a lunch in a brown paper bag...I haven't had one of those since my elementary school days) which gave me a much needed boost. I worked the booth from noon to 9pm. At the start things were pretty laid back, I had a few people stop by to check ...