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stage. We were seeing a product from promoter’s perspective.”
The photo on the cover of your phone book? The one of the boat cruising on the lake? That’s Chuck’s handiwork. “You want a picture of your boat on the lake?” Chucks asks. “I’ll make it happen.” Chuck says networking with other photogra-
phers is important to him. He’s a longtime member of both the Wedding Portrait Professionals Interna- tional and Professional Photographers of America. “I belonged to the greater Kansas City chapter
of PPA. That chapter is one of the largest city chapters in the country,” he said, adding that he also belongs to the local camera clubs. Chuck still considers himself “old school” yet loves his Nikon digital and wields a Samsung Galaxy smartphone that contains his complete wedding and senior picture portfolio. His Mamiya RB67 and his 4 x 5 Studio View are never far away. Both of these look like relics from another time but perform as well as anything made today. Regardless of the equipment he’s using, Chuck has learned to prepare for anything, especially at weddings.
“I love shooting weddings. I have a lot of friends in professional photography and they simply will not shoot weddings,” he said. “It’s because you never know what’s going to happen. You have to think on your feet. You have to be aware of what’s going. You have to be able to adapt. Some photographers—they don’t like the uncertainty, they don’t like the unpredictability. They don’t like the long hours. If I have a 2 p.m. wedding, we’ll start shooting two hours before. I don’t have a set number of hours or shots. I bid it per job and I’m there for everything. The reception might run until midnight and that’s a twelve-hour day for me—on my feet the whole time.”
Chuck also says that unpredictability doesn’t end on the wedding day. That’s why he never discards his nega- tives.
“I still have negatives from that 1979 Pennsylvania wedding in my files,” he said. “I’ve had people come back years later and say they lost their wedding album in a house fire or a flood. They’ll call me up and ask me if I still have them by chance. They’ve lost all they had, but at least we can replace their wedding photos.”
There’s nothing that Chuck loves more about his work than the people. This shines through in his photography.
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Shown here with a 4x5 studio film camera, Chuck Fisher learned the photography trade while enlisted in the U.S. Army. He has been honing his skills ever since as owner of Complete Photo- graphic Magic.
“If they’re not comfortable, it shows through. Attitude shows through. It’s your job to make them feel relaxed. That just part of the job. I feel like I’m paid to be a problem solver—to anticipate what’s going to happen and make problems go away,” he said. “I like it. Its’ fun. I feel like I’m bringing people together and helping them make memories.”
For more information about Chuck’s photography, visit
Antique Alley and see a sample of his work on display. Antique Alley is located a mile and a half south of Honey Creek in Grove on the east side of Highway 59. The store is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Wednesday. Contact Chuck by phone at 918-786-9109 or visit Complete Photographic Magic online at
www.cpmphoto.net.
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