Dustin Whitson Photography

I have experience photographing a wide variety of subjects including, but not limited to, weddings, family portraits, tattoos, products, sporting events, pets, real estate property, professional headshots, banquets, and parties. If you have a photographic need please contact me so that I can get an idea of what you are looking for and I can let you know my rates.

 

I have always appreciated the artistic beauty of pictures but I first fell in love with photography when I realized its potential in 2010 while traveling in New Zealand. My goal was to return to San Diego, CA and start my own sports photography business. Five years later I am living on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies aiming to establish myself as the go-to photographer in Ouray, a small town in the San Juan Mountains.

 

I am compelled by the camera's ability to capture and immediately create images the way we see them, or the way we could see them if we could freeze moments of time. It is a way for me to capture memories from expeditions up 14,000 ft. peaks in the Rockies and 50 mile treks through the Yosemite wilderness, to my sisters' graduations, numerous weddings, and the beauty of all creation.

 

My passion lies in what I call 'adventure photography'. I enjoy the challenge of getting to hard to reach places where photographs are rarely taken. This suits my lifestyle because I'm an avid outdoorsman and endurance athlete having enjoyed my first true winter in Colorado, being born and raised in San Diego.

 

Thank you to Jonathan Harrod and Mathew Davis for your inspiration and motivation, to Jeffrey Williams and Desire Boyle for your friendship and encouragement, to my Mom, Dad, and sisters for your love and support, and to God from whom all blessings flow.