My Business Philosophy

Graduating with his Master’s from Florida State University, Richard J. Auger is quickly becoming Central Florida’s best on-location, boutique photographer.  License, insured, and incorporated in Florida, R.J. Auger is a responsible member of Florida’s business community.

My business philosophy involves four principles.  First, maintain a energetic, personable attitude, and deliver a high-quality and complete beginning-to-end customer service experience.  Second, never hide fees on the back-end, and provide a transparent pricing structure.  Third, remember that one hand washes the other in business; always treat everything with respect.  Four, over-deliver from specifications.

Photo and Personal Biography

Growing up in South Florida, I began to shoot video in the 4th grade, and arrived at school at 6:00AM, every day, to prepare the video and editing equipment for our school’s morning show. After entering high school, my love of video transformed into still photography when I won an American Visions Award and Gold Key award in the Scholastics art competition. My love of Photography blended quickly with my love of the Florida’s unique trees and wildlife, which I’ve been documenting for nearly 7 years. My vision of Florida, titled “Florida Noir”, has been seen in art galleries throughout Florida ever since.

In college, I began to study photography and further define my style and technique, as well as shooting for the FSView newspaper for nearly 3 years.  While lifestyles and people were my specialty, shooting dozens of front page covers, I also shot for a number charity events, as well as the Seminole football. Further, I photographed models and nightclubs for the campus magazine, “EDGE”. During these experiences, shooting events and lifestyles was by far the most fun and challenging, leading me toward shooting weddings and families today.

Many people consider me a hobby and action oriented person. In college, I was on the FSU Triathlon and Crew Teams, as well as an active member of Outdoor Pursuits, hiking many weekends across the Southeastern United States. Further, I enjoy reef diving, cave diving, jet skiing, and marathons.

Services Available

Weddings, modeling, commercial events, charities, products, architecture, travel, journalism, and nature photographic services; plus the products that go along with them.

I offer online proofing and printing stores, with the ability to print on almost everything.  Further, I offer in-house printing for larger orders.  All photos, regardless of price, and hand-edited by R.J. Auger.
To maintain my artistic delivery standards, I book a limited number of projects per month.  Despite limited availability, my prices are still quite reasonable.

R.J. Auger vs. Competition:

As a gallery award winning artist, R.J. Auger delivers a unique, modern style, with an old-school craftsmanship that many competitors lack in the digital era.  My photos are all tailored to my customer’s needs; I avoid “factory photography”, and never batch process or use purchased plugins when photo-finishing.  Every photo is treated uniquely and with personal care.  Further, and most importantly, my highly interactive personality, along with quick responses to phone and email, help me deliver the perfect shot and a personal customer car experience.

These days, many amateurs with a new $600 SLR put themselves up on craigslist and googlemaps as professionals, without any experience in the complexity, pressure, liability, and understanding of commercial and wedding photography.  Did you know that you have to be insured and approved by the photographed venue?  Trust your memories or delivery schedule with an insured, experienced, and licenses photographer.  Further, they do not offer my experienced in-house printing options.

For those desiring unique, tailored photographs of life’s memories, as well as a personable and honest business experience, R.J. Auger delivers the best experience in the Florida region.

Printing and Photo Finishing

With years of printing for my art galleries, you can’t beat my in-house printing results.  Further, I offer an affordable, modern online print store for you, as well as friends and relatives.  Plus, I always provide a CD with all original and edited files.

Normally, you have two schools of photography. 1) Old-school guys force you to print in-house and hold your files hostage.  This is outdated, as you probably want to share your photos on Facebook and via email.  2) New-school, where they leave you in the cold to print them yourself at Wal-Mart.  I offer a hybrid of both schools of thinking, giving you the photos to share and buy online, while offering art-gallery quality prints.