About

Deb Scannell

Asheville based commercial photographer, Deborah Scannell, Specializes in Architectural & Interiors photography, Landscape photography and Nature photography.
Deborah’s professional photographic journey began in 2010 when she retired from a successful 23-year career as an ASID and NCIDQ-credentialed interior designer in the kitchen and bath industry. Her forte was designing luxury interiors for the South Florida and Carolina Mountain lifestyles.
After graduating from the Photography Institute, Deborah entrenched herself into her craft, continuing her studies and expanding her subject matter to include Home Interiors and Architecture, Fine Art and Landscape, and Nature photography. Her dedication has resulted in her work being featured in many local, regional and national publications and magazines. Deb strives to achieve a well composed image, captured with technical excellence, and processed with deep emotion leading to gripping, compelling, and truly captivating imagery.
In Deb’s Interior and Architectural work, she partners with leading builders, architects, and designers in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and Houston areas, to produce clean and compelling professional photography for their websites, television advertisements, and print use.
Deborah’s nature work, in particular, has been featured throughout the Asheville and Western North Carolina region. She is one of the area’s most captivating nature photographers, with a penchant for framing our Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and environs in compelling ways.
Deborah skillfully uses the very latest gear and techniques, including the state-of-the-art software and social media, to broaden her business and follower base. She is very active on “facebook” where she happily shares her “Tips and Tricks” with other photography aficionados. Deborah also leads hands-on on-site workshops around the WNC area, teaching others how to capture images of sunsets, mountains, and waterfalls to elevate their skill level and how to pull the most out of every scene to evoke emotion. (If interested, you can find out more details on her facebook page, www.facebook.com/DeborahScannellPhotography)
It is said that Ms. Scannell’s work has a “three dimensional” visual affect which she creates through her ability to perfectly capture the play of light on a scene. Deborah says, “Photography is the intersection of composition, light, and timing. Sometimes it is the absence of light and what is NOT in the image that makes a good image. Knowing what to leave out could be as important as what to include.” Continuing, she explains, “The absence of light is as important as light itself, as this is what gives shape and form to the subject of your image. Light cannot exist without darkness, and it’s that contrast that I work with. Revealing the gradients between light and dark is what we, as photographers, do. It is our artist’s pallet.”
Deborah says, “You get one chance to make a first and lasting impression, so make it count!” To coin a very old and very true phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” In Deborah Scannell’s case, it is worth a thousand emotions as well.