Knoxville Commercial Photographers

Mark Veness is an experienced portraiture professional, clocking up over 90 paid shoots over the past 5 years. An IT architect by day, he utilizes his technical skills to enhance the quality of his images through editing and optimizing the online experience for his clients. Mark has completed training courses in Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, image composition and image critique.

I began having an interest in Photography all the way back in high-school. I had a passion for capturing stories and different perspectives in black and white. I owned my own darkroom at the time and a fully manual Pentax film camera. This is where it all started. I loved the peace and tranquility when I was in the darkroom, while I made my prints. I continued through college taking elective photography courses and graduated from King University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Business Administration and I have worked primarily in Healthcare throughout my professional career. Becoming a photographer was not something I had planned even though I had a love for it, I just did not take it seriously, at the time. My passion for photography continued to grow and while spending many hours volunteering in the community and capturing beautiful moments I decided to return to school to obtain an Associates Degree in Media Technologies-Photography at Pellissippi State. While pursing my degree I really enjoyed photographing food. I grew up around many cooks and bakers in my family and bringing these two passions together became my main focus. I love to create and capture the most beautiful images of food to get the viewer to crave that dish! I currently shoot for a great variety of projects, including commercial, editorial, and Fine Art work. I am based in Knoxville, Tennessee.