Meet Our Staff

Jim Wilson is a lifelong resident of Milford. He graduated from Milford High School and then attended Southern Connecticut State University. While in high school he got a summer job working at Milford Camera, this part-time job turned into a lifelong career in the photo industry. He worked for 24 years at Milford Camera eventually becoming general manger. In 1995 he started Milford Photo in downtown Milford and moved the store to the present location in 2000 ... [ more ]

It started as a way to get in out of the cold. As a teenager store manager Jess Thompson was looking for a cushy inside job that got him off his bike delivering papers. He applied at a downtown camera store and has been in Milford Center selling cameras since 1979. On the side he photographed weddings and ... [ more ]

John is an avid photographer who got his start in black and white film photography at the Silvermine School of Art where he studied for four years. He joined Milford Photo in 2004 as assistant manager and has become fully immersed in digital photography and the equipment necessary to capitalize on the many benefits of the medium ... [ more ]

Chris is the cheerful voice you will hear most of the time when calling the store. She has over the years become an indispensible part of the store. As office manager she is in charge of many different things that are required in a small business, she wears many hats. These include ... [ more ]

Donna is "Miss Do Everything" at Milford Photo. She works primarily on the customer service counter helping people picking up their finished orders, camera repairs and other imaging jobs. She can also be found picking out the perfect frame and mats in our custom frame department or working with first time visitors to the digital print center room showing them all the exciting ... [ more ]

Being a full service photo specialty store requires not only selling products but also being there after the sale. In the event your equipment needs servicing, Chrys will take care of it for you. Chrys has worked in photo retail for many years helping customers with their servicing needs. This long time Milford resident also manages to have a second career in restaurant management that keeps her very busy. She also handles Internet sales which include consignment sales of customers photographic equipment ... [ more ]

Chris came to Milford Photo after many years in consumer electronic sales, primarily in photo retail but also in music, his other passion. He graduated from Fairfield Prep and also received his degree in Marketing from Fairfield University. Today he resides in Shelton with his wife Deborah. Chris is “Mr Olympus” at Milford Photo, his favorite cameras are the new revolutionary Pen series cameras. Chris has received awards from Olympus for ... [ more ]

After a career in banking Bruce started his own business in photography in 1986. Photoart, in Milford, was one of the first one hour photo labs that also had its own photo portrait studio. He specialized in high quality developing and amazing award winning portraits. His pictures were published in magazines and he won several awards in both the US and Canada. For years he did the little league photos in town and many of his portraits are ... [ more ]

Phil joined the staff of Milford Photo in 2010 and has very quickly become a very important part of the sales and training team. His main focus is equipment sales and his expertise in the area of video has made him a valuable resource in this exciting expanding field. A lifelong resident of Milford, Phil has always had a passion for photography that ... [ more ]

Amanda started working at Milford Photo while a high school student. She now continues her education at Gateway Community College and is still able to spend many hours a week behind the counter helping customers with her ever present smile and good nature. She really enjoys taking pictures. Her main areas of photography are ... [ more ]

Dory started making pictures when they were done in a darkroom with smelly chemicals! Today, digital requires a different set of skills to produce pictures. Dory has used her vast photographic knowledge and has learned the new skills required to operate the latest lab production equipment. Her expertise was gained upon her graduation from the Rhode Island School of Photography. She immediately started working for photo developing labs applying her newly learned trade. She is a big reason why Milford Photo is recognized as the area’s leading photo processing lab ... [ more ]

She makes beautiful pictures all day long. Jenn is one of the Lab Technicians who turn all your millions of pixels into great memories. This lifelong West Haven resident has continually increased her imaging skills by learning new production procedures and becoming very proficient in Photoshop. She is very committed to putting out the very best pictures. Jenn’s other passion is ... [ more ]

Preserving memories is what Anthony is all about. Anthony manages Milford Photo's video production department which specializes in the transferring of many different video formats to DVD. These include 8mm and 16mm movie film, 8mm video, VHS, VHS-C, Sony Beta, ¾" tape, mini DV and DVC video. Movies have played a big role in his professional career. After graduating from Southern Connecticut University with a Business degree in ... [ more ]

Ray has been behind the camera department counter for almost 10 years at Milford Photo. He has worked in photo specialty retail for many years helping people with all their camera needs. Ray has also spent time behind the camera as an award winning professional photographer concentrating on sports and nature photography ... [ more ]

Dean runs the Custom Frame Shop at Milford Photo. We can't even begin to tell you all the things Dean has framed!  He is asked to do the impossible, and always gets the job done!  Anyone can easily frame a photo, but how about framing a Mike Tyson boxing glove? Dean's done that. Do you have medals, flags, football jerseys, or artwork? He's done all of that too.  Of course don't forget those pictures from a special occasion or event! Everything ends up as a special keepsake when Dean does the job. His true talent is picking out the right ... [ more ]

Ray is our D3 specialist. He started shooting with a Vivitar 110 film camera when he was 10 years old. His compulsion with photography continued through high school, shooting for and later editing the yearbook. College brought new interests and a brief flirtation with an English degree, but true love cannot be denied, and he wound up transferring to Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California ... [ more ]