Mark Ross graduated from the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography in 1988. He was an honor student and awarded his BA with a double major in Commercial Photography and Color Technology. He has been a commercial photographer and studio owner ever since. As evidenced in the Gallery pages, he is adept shooting many subjects in the studio or on location including product, manufacturing, advertising, and executive portraiture. He is known as professional, a good listener, a quick worker, as well as being competitively priced.

Prior to pursuing his career as a photographer, Mark Ross served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant aboard a guided missile destroyer and a frigate as an Ordnance Officer and Fire Control Officer in the Pacific theater. He has also earned a Bachelors Degree in Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies from the University of San Diego, 1980.