Third Floor Photo Society

I am 1979 grad.  I have solo exhibit at Fotofest coming up. Find out more on our alumni blog .

• What first attracted you to photography?  I went to a bullfight in Mexico with my uncle when I was a six or seven. My dad was sick with the revenge he let me take his camera. I got in trouble for shooting his entire roll of film. Taking pictures with my uncle was the coolest thing ever. He probably encouraged me to use up the roll just to make my dad mad. I sort of kept on going and here we are. • When did you attend East Texas State (A&M Commerce)? -I think 1987-88 • Many photographers have emulated you work.  As one of the originators of this look, what makes your esthetic unique? The light is the basis of my story telling. Different types of light bring different feelings or emotions. There is a fairly wide range of work in my portfolio. I think that my approach is to make each job stand on it's own. It's a compliment for people to be aware of my work, but I don't really keep up with all that. I just want to make better photographs. • Does the Jim Fiscus...

Jim Fiscus is an alumni from the A&M-Commerce (formerly East Texas State) photo program, who, with his wife Lisa, have had an incredible career and effect on digital photography these days. He has a very specific style to his images, sometimes I think he takes it too far, but you should check out his site here and try to find info on how he creates his images here. It's an abbreviated explanation to his method, but still interesting.

Darren Braun is a very recent alumni from our program who works in Dallas. He came to an Advanced Digital class a few semesters ago and spoke about his work, things like lighting and Photoshop tips. If anyone remembers this cover of Texas Monthly from a few months ago, that's Darren's image on the cover and his site shows a lot of really great images.