Instructor, Film Photographer and Sales Professional

Derek has been a photographer since his parents bought him a Kodak film camera at age 9, (which he still has by the way).

Derek moved on to 35mm cameras in the mid 70's. He was one of the newspaper and yearbook photographers (with Stephen), and won the Kodak Scholastic Award twice for the state of Missouri in 1980. He built a darkroom in the basement and learned to process and print.  Later he became a professional photographer,

after working as an assistant for several top photographers in St.Louis.

He started his own photography company DL Images and also went on the study graphic design and large format printing.

He has one of the largest film camera collections in St.Louis, and continues to shoot film as well as digital cameras.

Most of his work is black and white.

Derek was a previous Creve Coeur Camera employee and he continue to teach camera basics, film photography and more at the Photo Pros.

DEREK IS A FILM PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERT...BOOK HIM FOR A LESSON ON SHOOTING, LOADING, UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLORING FILM CAMERAS.  He even takes new cameras and used old lenses on them too...come in an meet the Film Expert...DEREK!

Instructor, Travel Guide and Manager

A professional photographer and the previous owner of Creve Coeur Camera, a chain of retail stores in the mid-west.  Mr. Weiss, a graduate of St. Louis University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, purchased Creve Coeur Camera in 1998. He comes from an extensive background in retail, photography, and marketing. Mr. Weiss was the Photographer for the St. Louis County Hazmat team and has extensive experience as one of Gateway Motorsports Park track photographers specializing in NASCAR, Indy Car and NHRA races. 

After the close of Creve Coeur Camera he and several member of his staff opened up this new company.  We are now a "boutique" camera store that carries a limited amount of cameras and accessories, travel the world offering fun and interesting photo trips and we offer lots of local photo classes and walks!  Mr. Weiss is also a certified Travel Agent which helps keep the cost of our trip down.  He also can help you with general travel, cruises and more.

His portfolio includes: Gucci, Cristal Advertising, Charter Communications, the Coca-Cola Company, Edward Jones, the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club, many other companies.  Travels include: France, Amsterdam, Cuba, Iceland, Alaska, Costa Rica, Spain, Japan, Colombia and many other parts of the world. 

His specific areas of photography include: sports, food, portraits, products, real estate, night photography (milky way), fashion, travel, PR photos, studio photography, flash photography and lots more.

Instructor, Travel Guide and Co-Manager

Jorge has been studying photography for over 10 years and has become a published acomplished, photographer.  He loves travel, portrait, night and all types of photography.  

He is great at understanding the needs of each photographer and helping them to obtain finer skills.

If you are a parent and have children in school sports and want to get better photos...Jorge is the instructor for you.  

Jorge travels with us on many trips and local photo walks.  Let Stephen know if your would like to scheduld a private class with Jorge.