Meet Joe Mack | Photographer

We had the good fortune of connecting with Joe Mack and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Joe, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
I have been taking photos since I was about 5 years old. I was always “that guy” with the camera, for years doing Travel and Landscape Photography. Then about 7 years ago, I decided to start doing it full-time. For the Music Photography end of my business that was a no-brainer, I have also been a musician most of my life so I decided to include this in the types of things I photograph, so when I shoot a band, it’s done with a “musician’s eye”. For the Real Estate part of my business, i had been in construction for a career before embarking on this new path, so construction and real estate just seemed to go together. For real estate you need an eye for symmetry and I have that.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
As I said previously I have been holding a camera since I was about 5 years old when my father bought me one before a trip to Niagra Falls. The rest is history. I have been taking photos ever since. I started playing drums in the mid 60’s and from then on played in various bands. Right now what i am most proud of is becoming a Staff Photographer at a music venue called Daryls House which is owned by Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates. Prior to doing this I just worked with local bands, and getting jobs was hit or miss, but once I included Daryls House in my conversations with musicians, the work started picking up and more and more bands decided to use me for their performance photos and videos along with posed sessions for promo photos.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I think the first stop would be New York City, I live only about an hour north of NYC and if you have never been there, it defiantly is the place to take them to. Tons of good restaurants, exhibits, and Broadway Plays, and every part of the city has something different to offer.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
There isn’t anyone that led me down this path. There were no photography mentors in my past, no family members, no musicians. I just decided at one point in my life THIS is what I want to do and went about to make it happen.

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Image Credits
All photos taken by Joe Mack from Event Photography