About Me
Joe has been a professional photographer since he shot his first wedding at the age of 15. He first took photography his sophomore year in high school out of curiosity. He wanted to understand how pushing a button on a camera turned into the photographs he would see on finished prints. He knew immediately it was what he wanted to do for a living. After three years of photography in high school, he completed four additional years of study in college, and shot countless weddings and portraits during that time.
Joe began his photography career in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he learned the intricacies of shooting people. Joe has worked as a freelance commercial photographer, and has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers. He was first published professionally his junior year in high school with photographs for a book on poetry.
Joe currently freelances for the Pahrump Mirror newspaper and is the track photographer for the Death Valley Raceway. Joe loves shooting weddings, as they provide him with the unique opportunity to meet many new people and document the couple's very special day. The ability to tell each couple's own unique story of their day using only his camera, is the most rewarding feeling for Joe; knowing his clients will have these images to share with their friends and family for the rest of their lives.
Nature and wildlife have always been a passion of Joe's ever since he viewed his first Ansel Adams print in 1975. He has studied Ansel Adams's work and just about everything about him.
Email me at joe@barbozaphotography.com to schedule your wedding or portrait session or to obtain my current pricing.
