Jason Dowd – All Eyes on Me

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Looking for a different kind of photo experience? Dread gathering the kids up in the car and dragging them to a photo studio? Dowd Studios, Inc. is the answer to your woes. The owner, Jason Dowd, worked in a studio for years and heard all the wishes of the customers that patronized the business. With these wishes in mind, he designed a professional studio that can be set up in the comfort and convenience of your own home or office. Dowd Studios was established in August of 2003.

About Dowd Studios

Dowd Studios is a small company owned by Jason and his wife Fran. They are a home-based business whose mission is simply “to take a great photos and be affordable for all budgets.” Their studio not only offers portraits, but also photograph business and church events, school, modeling and maternity photos, passports, custom design graphics, and website design. If you want it photographed, they will do it… within the law of course. The studio has a website that allows you to get all the information you need about their services. You can order and proof your prints online and purchase stock photography from their online store.  To contact the studio simply go to www.dowdstudios.com

Recognition and Shows

Throughout the years Dowd Studios has had many accolades. He was the AmSouth Business of the Month for February 2005 and his work “Eyes of a Child” and “Candle Light” was published in a coffee table book called Endless Journeys. His work was featured in the local community newspaper The Laker and county wide papers The Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times. Jason’s picture “Jack Murphy Stadium” won first place in ArtFest 97.

Jason’s work is available for purchase and viewing at Fincher’s Barbecue Restaurant in Macon, GA on Houston Rd. The restaurant has twelve of his photos from his Georgia Collection. His photos are also available for purchase at Fast Frame in Tampa on Bruce B. Downs. Two of his pieces are on display at Beck Gallery in Lutz, FL. Jason is always looking for places to show his work and encourages anyone that knows or has a connection to please contact the studio.

Dowd Studios and the Community

Jason is dedicated to a business that benefits not only benefits his family, but his community as well.  He is proud to volunteer his services with the American Cancer Society. Dowd Studios has helped the ACS each year since 2005. They have donated time and materials with a photo booth at the Cattle Barrons Ball in Dade City where all sales go directly to the ACS. This year Jason and his wife did an overnight walk for the cure.  Dowd Studios makes regular contributions to the American Diabetes Foundation, and Jason and his wife volunteer with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Florida.

Prominent Clients

Dowd Studios has worked with some large names in the community. To date, the studio has worked with 16 Second Stare, HOK Architects, Johanson and Associates, The Academy of The Holy Name, Belks Department Store, and former Tampa Bay Lightning’s Dave Shaw. Most recently, he did a photo journalism piece for the San Diego Voice and Viewpoint of Senator Obama’s Florida campaign stop in Tampa.

Dowd Studios is here to stay… and when you have your portrait taken, look into the camera, and you will see why Jason says, “It’s all eyes on me.”