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one day — quite the opposite ot the three weeks home/three weeks on the road schedule they often kept over the last two decades.
“We still want to travel to some of our favorite places including New England, New Orleans and the coast of Oregon, but we’re glad to be home more,” said Mr. Schmidt, crediting the “extraordinary” caretakers of their house and two dogs, Izzy and Julio, for making their work on the road possible.
“We’ve met a lot of fabulous people and we love traveling together, but we’ve always felt that the best thing about leaving Rappahannock for a shoot is coming back home again. We love this county,” said Mrs. Schmidt.
The New York City natives discovered Rappahannock County in the early 1970’s while looking for a place to ride horses in the mountains. They were then living in Arlington and working in Washington D.C. as professional writers and editors, but photography was always Mr. Schmidt’s passion, he said.
After paying off the mortgage on the Woodville farmhouse they purchased, the Schmidts decided to start their own business, initially photographing weddings and people’s portraits. Then a Fairfax magazine hired them to do a feature story on local inns and bed and breakfasts. Upon seeing their work, the editor encouraged them to pursue interior design photography.
“We started doing this job and it just clicked,” said Mr. Schmidt. “We each had a strong role to play in the production of our work and we loved working together.”
The Schmidts met in their early 20’s in New York City. Mrs. Schmidt
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