Herb Stokes started his career as a photographer at the age of 13. He has over 30 years of experience in the photography industry, including working with NASA: Marshall Space Flight Center as a staff photographer.
For his education, he received a bachelors of science in commercial photography with a minor in business administration from the University of North Alabama as well as a bachelors of arts in commercial photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.Today, Herb continues to fine tune his craft by experimenting with new portrait and lighting techniques.
For his education, he received a bachelors of science in commercial photography with a minor in business administration from the University of North Alabama as well as a bachelors of arts in commercial photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.Today, Herb continues to fine tune his craft by experimenting with new portrait and lighting techniques.
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Congrats on being a graduating senior in high school. There will be many decisions made this year. One of those decisions should be about your senior portraits. Southwest Portraits is the official photographer for several local high schools and the owner has been photographing seniors for almost 30 years.
We have been photographing teams and individuals for a long time. No team is too big or small for Southwest Portraits to photograph. We have risers for the larger teams and powerful lighting to offset the Arizona sun. Our investments includes the latest technology in equipment to create stunning individual portraits.
In today's world, family time is a rare commodity. With children leaving their nest and with our love ones living away from us, a family portrait is the perfect opportunity to have family time with our loved ones and capture a moment in time. Southwest Portraits values family time and understand the importance of creating a memory that you can proudly display in your home.
We are offering our full photography service with a new look in our photography. During the pandemic, we invested in some new technology that has given us the ability to be more creative than ever before. If you wish to order photos on-line, please visit WWW.PORTRAITORDERS.COM. For Yearbook Portraits that were taken at the school, find your school, put in your student ID number as your passcode and your email address and your photo will pop up.
Reviews (10)
Debbie Hansen
Dec 21, 2021
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Our two team photos that were taken on October 19, and for which I was charged on October 23, were not made available until 3PM on December 17, after the last day of school. That day was also the last possible day for USPS first class mail to arrive in time for Christmas. In other words, I didn't receive my child's photos in time to send out to the family for Christmas. Ridiculous. I had even contacted Southwest Portraits several times in October and November by phone and email. Verbally I was always told "next week" or "about a week." Their last email from November 16 said "our lab is still processing
Andrianna Pirillo
Dec 19, 2021
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Catherine Conti
Dec 01, 2021
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Jenny B.
Oct 01, 2021
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This company is in charge of not only my child's Senior portraits for his school yearbook but also his athletic team. As for the Senior portraits I have so many issues. When they took my child's picture at school they asked him to choose between four - NOT the parent. He kept pointing at one picture and the photographer/assistant whoever it was kept clicking on other pics NOT the one he chose. Finally he said whatever and walked away knowing I will not be happy and he was not happy for this to be his picture in the yearbook either. The pre-order link did not work and I left two messages no response
Sarah Woods
Jun 28, 2020
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Disappointing. School decided to utilize Southwest Portraits. They expect us to take the time to edit each of our photos, even though it's the same photo for an 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x5 & wallet size. They all look different in how I cropped them. I can't remember how I cropped my other daughter's photos, so all the photos will come out different. In addition, they don't offer a 3 x 5 size, so all the relatives who already have a frame for that size that we've ordered for many years will need to buy new frames. To make it even worse, my younger son's photos are in the 3 x5 size done by a different school
Stephanie Valenzuela
Jul 18, 2019
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My son went in for Sr Pictures and staff is super nice and helpful! I called in prior to ask if photographer would double check that cap was placed properly and even before I got to finish my request staff stated they will. Additionally they make sure students have ties on straight!! Can’t wait for pictures to arrive.
Rudy Nunez
Sep 05, 2016
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My photographer was great, was wasn't great was that they cut back on options but not on price. Not only this but one photographer who looked young enough to be breaking child labor laws was rude and threatened to call the police when I took a picture of the property(which they don't even remotely own, which he claimed they did). I would have easily complied if he would have been polite but he just went straight to threatening me. I do understand that they make they're business off this but there are NO SIGNS saying that this isn't allowed.
Chelsea Abbate
Jun 23, 2016
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Southwest Portraits has created everlasting memories for our family and friends. Not only are the pictures gorgeous, but Anthony is fantastic to work with. We couldn't be happier and have trusted Southwest Portraits for the most important milestones in our lives including our wedding and our daughters first pictures.
Lisa A.
Jul 29, 2014
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Had my daughters senior photos taken here (not by choice) the photographer was okay and the office staff on the day of the session was nice. The photo's were taken in early July, it is now mid Septemeber and after several calls to the office I still do not have the photo's I purchased. I had to call twice (more than a month after the session) to get someone to send me the proofs so the order could be processed. The follow up has been very disappointing. I would never recommend this studio to anyone.
Lisa Ruckle
Jul 10, 2014
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If it were an option, I would give Southwest Portraits 0 stars for customer service. Parents have no options for school pictures and senior portraits, therefore we are at the mercy of the studio chosen by the school district. And that is evident in Southwest Portrait's abysmal customer service. In years past, minis were always offered as part of one of the lesser priced packages. I have older children and have ordered school pictures for many years. Every year, I need only 1 mini picture to fill a K-12 School Days calendar for each of our children, so I order the least expensive package. However
