Quality School Volume

Capturing Memories for Yearbooks, Sports, and Seniors

Experienced Photographers Dedicated to Preserving Your School Memories

Head Photographer & CEO

Craig Hildebrand

Craig Hildebrand is a professional commercial photographer that has over 35 years of professional experience. An advertising photographer that has worked with large corporate clients like Texaco, MGM Grand Hotels, Ritz Carlton, Chicos FAS, Pulte Group, and the like, typically isn’t interested in volume school photography. Neither was Craig until 16+ years ago when his daughter brought home her out of focus 1st grade pictures from school.. Asking to see her pictures from Kindergarten, they were also out of focus, off color, and improperly exposed. He decided to offer her school a higher quality option, and “The Smiles Group” was born. Now slowly expanding locally, The Smiles Group is available to help remedy the longstanding quality issues with large corporations utilizing “photographers” that are making little over minimum wage and have little or no photography experience. For professional photographers like Craig, being a photographer isn’t something that you “do”… it’s something that you “are”. There is a huge difference, and you can see it in the results.