About Me

Hi!  I'm Stephen Sullivan.  I'm a Musician, Music Teacher, and Freelance Photographer.  I also write music and poetry.  I grew up in Indiana, near Indianapolis, but moved to far southern Indiana in 2020, after spending some time working and living in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I'm currently in my 30s, and work for a music store my parents and I founded in Scottsburg, Indiana.  I teach Piano and Voice there.  I hold degrees and certificates from the University of Indianapolis (2013), Indiana Wesleyan University (2017), and am an actively licensed Indiana Music Educator (P-12 Choral and General Music, renewed 2023). 

 

     I've been taking pictures just for fun since I was about 14 years old, and in 2022 decided to take the craft seriously, and make it the other half of the services I provide.  I trained on a Rebel T5 by Canon bought used that summer, did a lot of free work for both myself and the family business, mainly to build samples (I have thousands!), and mainly of car shows and nature/landscapes.  In 2024, I wanted to get a refurbished full-frame, and in early November, it finally happened.  I now have a great refurbished Canon 5D Mark III, and am actively adjusting to using it.  A lot of this build-up came out of the support that random strangers and friends/relatives provided on photography sites like PhotoCrowd out of the UK, ViewBug, and others.  I'm ready to go and do great work for pay, just as I've done in music off-and-on for over 20 years, starting in middle school!

 

 

 

Photography

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     Out of all of the movies and multimedia presentations I ever viewed or listened to, it was our old family videos that interested me the most when I was growing up.  So, my original intention with Photography was for it be a hobby, but I started getting more serious about in 2018, largely so I could post content on PhotoCrowd, a British/global social media site for photographers.  In 2022, by which time I had been recognized by some of the people there, I bought a DSLR, after buying a new Point and Shoot in 2019.  I am a professional musician and have had many gigs and paid opportunities since earning my music degree from the University of Indianapolis in 2013, followed by teaching licensure and certification in 2017 from Indiana Wesleyan University, but between my lack of jobs in teaching so far, and my interest in high-quality musical performance and notable Photography products and services, I'm looking to keep moving in a new direction.  I also haven't had as many paid gigs since moving to southeast Indiana, and need to supplement my other work.

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Music Packages:  $100 per hour of music plus gas/vehicle costs (For distances of over 40 miles one way)

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Photography Packages:  starting at $100 per hour  

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