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Joseph is a nationally first-place prize-winning photographer, published worldwide for many years, with vast experience and deep skills in both the science and the art of photography. Joseph has taught photography for multiple years at the university level and written peer-reviewed journal articles on mathematical imaging; his images have won local, state, and national prizes and honors; and his pictures have been published by Rand McNally, Kansas Athletes, Walmart, Historic Images, The Chicago Tribune, CBS, the NCAA, and over a thousand other businesses, national magazines, websites, newspapers, media organizations, and more.

Since Joseph took his first photo with his big brother's camera at age four, and began saving for the next four years to buy his big sister's camera at age eight, he has dedicated his life to mastering photography, absorbing and learning every precious treasure of knowledge he could find, and working his hardest at every step along his journey with every level of equipment from the most basic to the very best. Joseph is now so blessed to be able to create unbelievably lifelike and breathtakingly lovely pictures of the highest quality by combining his stunning skills exclusively with the latest technological pinnacle of best-in-the-world professional prime lenses and full-frame cameras that are about thirty times higher quality than normal new professional digital SLRs, and ten times higher quality than the typical flagship full-frame professional-level equipment.

However, Joseph gives all the glory to God. Joseph believes he is an ordinary person, just like you. Joseph doesn't pursue popularity. Instead, his passion is creating beautiful things with no ulterior motive, because that's what God does. One of Joseph's favorite illustrations to explain his life perspective is this: "The most beautiful mountain meadow in the world God created somewhere without even telling anyone, and probably only a poor shepherd child has ever seen it. God cares just as much about that poor child as for all the royalty in the world, and I want to be the same."

One of Joseph's favorite phrases to frame photography is, "A work of art should be a work of heart." Like the Bible says in the parable of the Good Samaritan, Joseph truly cares about his neighbors more than making himself a famous name. Joseph wants to use his God-given talents and skills not to be a slave serving mainstream media or a pawn to the glamour of the world's top so-called celebrities, but to be a blessing to precious people like you. With this in mind, Joseph's photography accomplishments that are his greatest treasure are not his famous features and countless cover photos, but rather capturing thousands of once-in-a-lifetime occasions and priceless photoshoots for family, friends, and precious people like you!

I really enjoyed taking photos with @athletic.photos because we were able to make creative and powerful statements with just the click of a photo! I love the excitement of feeling beautiful and knowing that these pictures will turn out great. Getting to bring a friend makes it all the more fun and helps contribute to more poses and styles. Having different outfits that exemplify personality and character that Joseph is able to bring out with his photos is not something that all photographers can do. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to work with Joseph! He is a caring and genuine photographer who just wants the best photos for you! (Famous Athlete).

The highest full-frame photography quality in the world

The picture quality of the latest new ultra advanced professional photography from a $6500 Canon 1D X Mark III flagship camera with a matching $2500 Canon f/2.8L III autofocus zoom lens is shown proportionally by the size of the big blue box in the graph below. Standard professional quality is indicated by the gray area. For comparison, the iPhone 12 Pro Max primary camera's image quality is given proportionally by the orange area. Then, for reference, traditional film image quality from a 35mm SLR is equal on average to the red area. Finally, for reference, the tiny black dot at the end is the maximum image quality of an Instagram post!

Sounds amazing, right!?

You may be asking, "But if the big blue box represents $9000 of camera and lens quality, then what is Joseph's photography quality, which is far beyond that?!!!!???"

Great question!!! Click once on the graph above to find out...

After clicking once, you'll see a new green box that shows Joseph's photo quality, from the highest resolution full-frame, anti-aliasing-free cameras in the world together with the sharpest, fastest, and most aberration-free prime lenses.

More than the math, what matters is how sensational the quality of each picture looks to you!! So simply click this image above to view the photo at 25% of the full master photo resolution to get a small taste of what the highest full-frame quality in the world truly means!

Joseph was an absolute pleasure to work with! The first time I had seen his photos was when I was sent some pictures he had taken of me at a [redacted for privacy, top-25 D1 university] game for dance team. I was instantly blown away by his skill at taking action shots with such high quality camera work. Each picture you could tell was taken with such precision and care. So when I got the chance to model for him I took the opportunity and ran with it! Joseph was such a lovely photographer to work with. He went above and beyond my expectations of finding the right angles, lighting, poses, etc., to find that one perfect picture. Throughout the shoot, he came up with multiple amazing ideas that truly made his pictures more than just images. He made his work into art and it truly did show. Throughout the shoot, I had an absolute blast. We carried on great conversation along with him making me feel so confident in my posing and truly making me feel beautiful. I barely realized I was doing a shoot! He made everything seem so exciting and fun. Even when it got into the third to fourth hour, it only felt like I was only there for 30 minutes. The time blew by so quickly! The best part was Joseph always kept up his energy (even in the hot weather) which kept me from falling tired which I found was a great help. I loved being able to push the boundaries a little by climbing into trees, playing around in the water and even climbing into a waterfall! Joseph definitely has such a creative and beautiful mindset and I cannot wait to work with him again! (Elite Dancer and Model).

Why collaborate?

Sometimes people pose the question to me: why do I still collaborate, even though I have more than enough business, and have no need to build my portfolio either?

There are still two reasons!

Life is not about myself, but is first of all about the good news of salvation through faith in Jesus, secondly about helping others, and only thirdly about me!

J O Y = Jesus + Others + You.

This is why I love to invest my time and life in yours! No matter what you think or what anyone has told you, you are amazing!! And, I truly care about supporting amazing people like you!!

Secondly, there is something truly totally different about collaborating and creating versus being paid to create. Both of them are like different kinds of nutrients that nourish an artist. An artist constantly needs both of these sources of support to truly flourish and grow!

Had a great time taking photos with my friends and partner! It was the perfect location with lots of different creative spaces. We got the nicest fun photos out of this which we will have forever! (Major International New Zealand Influencer).

Is there a legal agreement between us when we collaborate?

Yes! Doing things right, both ethically and legally, is a part of the meaning of excellence!

Best of all, the only thing required (in legally correct fashion) is that we agree not to do anything negative to each other! There are no burdensome obligations, only artistic goodness and freedom! How cool is that?!

By collaborating together, we are legally entering into the following contractual agreement:

1. The "Photographer" henceforth refers to the owner of this website, modelwith.me, as of June 29, 2021.
2. "Participants" (in plural) or a "Participant" (in singular) henceforth refer to each person other than the Photographer with any role whatsoever in creating pictures or doing any other kind of work with the Photographer.
3. If any Participant is a minor, then the parent or legal guardian of such a Participant must enter into this legal agreement on behalf of such a Participant, and this parent or legal guardian is an additional Participant.
4. "Collaborators" henceforth refers collectively to the Photographer and to all Participants.
5. Our "Collaboration" henceforth refers to any and all interactions of Collaborators with or about one another, as well as to any and all things whatsoever related to any and all interactions with or about one another, present, past, or future; including, but not limited to, any final product(s) of such interactions, whether creative works or any other things whatsoever.
6. Our Collaboration must only be positive. Our Collaboration must not include any words, actions, or any other things at all of any kind which are in any way negative, harmful, or hurtful toward either each other (any Collaborators) or toward others.
7. Subject to the above limitations, Collaborators may use the Collaboration personally or editorially or as examples to others of their services.
8. Any other use other than as in (7.) above, including, but not limited to, commercial use, promotion or advertising of any for-profit entity, transfer of rights, or receipt of revenue from the Collaboration, requires separate written agreement, which must still be subject to (6.) above.
9. The Collaboration is free for all Collaborators: there is no warranty, not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

The quality of your photos was absolutely outstanding! You definitely live up to your reputation! We really were blessed to have had the photo shoot! Joseph's Photography exceeds in every way! During the photoshoot, Joseph creates a very comfortable and fun environment that allows the opportunity to capture beautiful, raw photos that others might miss out on. In my personal experience, I was very nervous and apprehensive about getting my picture taken. However, once we began, I felt zero anxiety and ended up having a great time. He allowed my friend and I to have freedom with our shoot, but also guided us and offered very valuable advice. He understood angles, lighting, and was creative with positioning/ poses. Once we received our photos, the quality and overall outcome was outstanding. We had more perfect photos than I could've imagined! Not only was the quantity amazing, but the quality was too. Overall, Joseph is a very hardworking, skilled, and fair photographer. His Christian values are very apparent in his work and I would recommend him to anyone! (Arizona Superstar).

How do we get started collaborating?

My only criterion for collaboration is the passionate pursuit of the highest standards of utmost artistic excellence!

Is that your level of passion for pictures, too?

Then I want to work together with an amazing person like you with our greatest passion and ultimate effort to create stunningly incredible and beautifully powerful pictures!

Follow me on Instagram at either athletic.photos or pictureperfect.me, and send me a message!

I would highly recommend. I had a great experience throughout the whole photoshoot. Joseph is one amazing guy who loves what he does. I truly appreciate Joseph's wonderful personality and professionalism. And, above all, Joseph definitely knows what he's doing behind the camera lenses! He will leave you speechless with the end results. I would not hesitate to go to Joseph again for any future photo needs. (Top Interstate Fashion Supermodel).