Salem Media Photographers

Gregory Dean Specht lives in Salem, Oregon and is engaged in a full-time career as a commercial photographer. He will take on freelance assignments of all kinds but currently specializes in architectural photography and Visual Marketing Solutions for business; small, medium and large. Photographic services provided aid in online marketing, advertising illustrations, including architectural designers, interior designers, re-modelers, real estate professionals, corporate events as well as publicity and portfolio development for models, actors and musical artists. Over thirty plus years as a commercial photographer, Gregory Dean has also been contracted to shoot food and jewelry for both editorial and advertising uses. Gregory has also provided daily publicity & production stills on the set for feature films produced in Oregon.

Bud became a photographer in high school when his cousin loaned him a Leica 111f. He shot photos throughout high school and college where he received his BA in Studio Art in 1976. He got busy and put down the camera until 1985 when he became a news photojournalist at Lake Tahoe. He later became better known for his snowboarding images from 1985 till 1995. In 1993, Bud started using computers and became a photoshop power user. In 2012, Bud joined Google as a certified independent photographer with its Business View program. Bud continues to shoot feature stories and portraits, and remains quite busy developing websites for his clients.