Sean-Michael Connor

years old. Then I moved on to playing the electric bass. In my late teens and early 20's music was a big part of my life and acting was my job. But, acting was not the best career choice. Although I was good and got a lot of good feedback, you can't make it as an actor without being in the right place at the right time. A lot of good connections helps as well. So, in turn, I turned to photography. Photography is another of my great passions. I got into photography when I was 15. It all evolved when I got a part time job at a photo shop. For Christmas, that year, my boss gave me an old twin reflex and a processing starter kit. Things just took off from there. I built my own dark room and started learning all I could about cameras, films, processing, lighting and composition. It came real easy for me. So, I started putting it out that I was a headshot photographer. Pretty soon that worked into doing portraits and weddings.
Of course this just wasn't enough for me. I wanted to be where the real action was. I wanted to work in movies and television. So, I asked a friend of mine, who had a production company, to

give me a job. Anything! I'll be a gopher! Since I was house sitting and baby sitting for him from time to time, he hired me full time as long as part of my job would be house sitting and baby sitting when needed.
Believe it or not, this was the start of my editing career.
When I was at the office and had nothing to do, I would hang out with the editors. I found it fascinating how they would tell a story by putting together all of these different pieces of film. So, I started helping out.
Later on, the sound engineer that did all of the sound transfers for the editors had to leave for a while. I was then trained to do his job. When he came back, so did the editors of a new project. Since I was still considered a gopher, I was still picking people up at the airport. One of which was an editor that I new and while driving him home, we talked. Lo and Behold, I became his assistant. That was the start of my editing career.
But, I still wasn't satisfied. I still had a camera in one hand and a guitar in the other and missed my hometown, Paris.
Editing film and television can be quite time consuming. So, I have consolidated my music and photography passions, by getting involved with bands and actors that need coaching and photos. As far as missing Paris, I try to get back there at least once a year and it's hard to take a bad photo in Europe.
So, Enjoy my site and photos. And then sign my Guestbook and let me know what you think.