About Me

Phone: 571-205-8635

E-mail: sdayres@sdayres.com

He/Him

I am an editorial and corporate photographer in Northern Virginia.

My undergraduate degree is from The American University in the District, where I focused on print journalism. My graduate degree is from San Francisco’s Academy of Art University where I concentrated on fine art photography.

I have taught classes in portraiture, composition, landscape and color theory for the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, D.C. I have also designed and written over 20 accredited graduate-level classes in photography.

I’ve been married to Amy for 20 years. She is a fancy pants magazine editor, so we have lots of electrifying dinner table debates about the Oxford comma. (I’m for; she’s against.) We have two daughters in high school and an incorrigible Labrador retriever.

In addition to photography, I love cooking and picking the banjo.

Clients:

Arlington magazine / Albemarle magazine / Blue Ridge Country magazine / Chesapeake Life magazine / Loudoun magazine / Middleburg Life magazine / Northern Virginia magazine / The Richmond Times-Dispatch Weekend section / USA Today magazines / Virginia Business magazine /Westsylvania magazine /Wild Bird Magazine.

Certifications:

Remote Pilot, Federal Aviation Association. Ratings: Small unmanned aircraft systems [drones].

Memberships:

American Photographic Artists, American Society of Media Photographers