fairfield county, connecticut-based stephen schoff works is a full-time freelance photographer and web designer.

biographical info:

  • 1980, began full-time work as a photographer. arrived via background in fine arts & liberal arts, after 5 years work experience in inernational consumer goods. main interest-fine art black & white photography.
  • 1980's, taught photography at photographics workshop, new canaan, ct, brookfield crafts center, south norwalk, ct, (both now closed).
  • mid 80's, color transparencies mostly, travel images.
  • 1987, discovered the macintosh computer- mac plus with 1 mb ram, no hard drive, 800k floppy.
  • 1991, discovered photoshop, upgraded to color-capable macintosh.
  • 1993, photography and computer work marry. photoshop becomes a creative tool capable of extending the reach and focus of the lens.
  • 1995, discovered the web with purchase of first 14.4 modem.
  • 1997, first created coolpix website, first web design/construction for clients.
  • 1998, began teaching basics of web design at norwalk community tech, silvermne school of art.


languages: english/spanish

principal software-web: photoshop/illustrator/golive/imageready/netscape/

clients: a wide variety, including fortune 500 firms, and smaller private firms. partial lsit includes: sturm ruger, xerox, little brown & co., pepsi-co, king kola world corp., wells rich greene., amoco, champion international, pitney bowes, american lyme disease foundation, american cancer society, white & case, wilkie, farr & gallagher, mckirdy & riskin, purdue frederick, simmons college, tax cut; published in newsweek, ct magazine, ny times.

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