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About us

McClanahan Camera has been in operation for over 40 years. We are located in Warrenton, Virginia approximately 45 miles west of Washington, DC. Our top priority has and always will be customer satisfaction. We offer quality products, fast service and reasonable prices.

Nowadays our biggest sellers are Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras. In the early '80s McClanahan Camera entered the photo finishing market installing our first Noritsu Gem. We are presently using the Noritsu 3213 which offers an excellent laser scanner capable of producing high resolution scans from negatives and transparencies. We already offer digital retouching, large format ink-jet printing, laminating and mounting. We are using the Epson 9800 for large format printing which uses archival inks. We offer several different mediums, the most popular being the fine art archival papers and canvas.

About us

Owner

Robert McClanahan received an Associate Degree in Photography from RPI in 1958. He served as an aerial photographer with USMC for 3 years during which he completed the USN Photo School in Pensacola, FL. In 1961 he returned to his hometown Warrenton and opened a studio. His work was varied, doing commercial photography, weddings, portraits, sports and news events. His main concentration was on horse photography. During his high school years he assisted Marshall Hawkins, the renowned equine photographer.

Wife

Bridget has helped through all the phases of the business. Her main interest has been in the photo finishing division.

Daughter

Cindy received her degree in Nursing and Economics from UVA in 1992. After nursing at Georgetown and GW for 2 years she joined our family business in 1994. Her position is general manager in charge of sales. She is married to Keith B. Ellis and has two children, Elizabeth, born in April 2000 and Mason, born in May 2006.

Daughter

Wendy received her degree in Finance from VA Tech in 1996. She is married to Thomas Rodgers and has been working in the financial world. After the birth of her first child, Maddie, in late 1998 she has taken over the bookkeeping responsibilities of the store. Her second child Luke was born in June 2000. Her third child, Charlotte, was born in May 2003 and now she helps with the bookkeeping when others are on vacation.