About Commercial Editorial Photographer Chandler Crowell

Hi, my name is Chandler, also known as Chad.

I’m a commercial/editorial photographer in Pittsburgh PA.

I grew up on an old dairy farm in Corry, a small town in Northwest Pennsylvania.

I know how to drive a tractor, mend a fence and run a chainsaw.

I have been studying the craft of photography since I was 15.

In Jr. High School, I stained the bathtub at my parent’s house with printing chemicals. Bathrooms always made the best makeshift darkrooms.

I live in a old craftsman house built in 1920 with my beautiful wife, daughter, son and 90 lb lap dog named Jonas (Weezer song, not the brothers).

My son is an old soul that gets things well beyond his years. But when playing Rock Paper Scissors, he always starts with scissors.

My daughter is a kick ass drummer and has gotten to play with musicians such as Frank Zummo of Sum 41, Steven Adler of Guns N’ Roses and Nancy Wilson of Heart.

When I’m not holding a camera, I’m usually holding a hammer or a guitar or a Smuttynose IPA or a Steelhead rod or some combination of those things.

We love to camp in the national forests.

I love old punk rock, which is kind of weird because I’m pretty mellow.

My wife and I still go to punk shows, we just don’t stand up front anymore.

I hate public pools, it makes me feel like I’m taking a communal bath.

I have photographed all types of people from top US government officials to CEO’s of fortune 500 companies, musicians, farmers and everyone in between.

I love the details involved in coordinating a large production shoot and the intimacy of a small editorial piece.

I specialize in commercial advertising, editorial, corporate, people, lifestyle and environmental portraiture. I enjoy meeting and working with talented people from all walks of life.

I work hard and love what I do.