CONTENT • STORY • COMMUNITY
Stories worth stopping for.
Social media, photography, video and digital content built around real people, organizations and communities.
I start with the audience and the story—then determine what we need to capture, how to tell it and where it needs to live.
Scott Davis (“ScottyD”) is a Dayton, Ohio social media content creator, commercial photographer and videographer producing digital content for businesses, nonprofits, arts organizations, municipalities and community organizations throughout Southwest Ohio and the Midwest.
SELECTED WORK
Different stories. Different audiences. Same job: make the message matter.
THE CONTEMPORARY
Arts + Culture • Social Content
Social-first storytelling built around the people, art and experience—not simply documenting the event.
Role: Video • Editing • Photography • Storytelling
PUBLIC SAFETY — HUMAN STORY
Interview • Community • Field Production
Interview-driven storytelling built around the person behind the work—using environment, conversation and supporting visuals to give the audience context beyond the sound bite.
Role: Interview • Video • Lighting • Audio • Editing • Storytelling
SOCIAL-FIRST CONTENT
Short-Form • Vertical • Instagram
Platform-native content built to get to the point quickly—using pacing, visuals and editing designed for how people actually consume social content.
Role: Concept • Capture • Editing • Social Content
CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS
Public Information • Community
Purpose-driven content designed to communicate a public message clearly, accurately and in a way people would actually watch.
Role: Video • Interviews • Editing • Visual Storytelling
MACALOGIC
Business • Brand Storytelling
Business storytelling designed to make the organization understandable through its people—combining interview, environmental footage and supporting visuals into a clear, useful piece of content.
Role: Video • Interview • Production • Editing • Brand Storytelling
CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS
Community • Government • Event Storytelling
Real-time coverage that goes beyond documenting an event—capturing the people, place and moments that explain why it matters to the community.
Role: Photography • Video • Event Coverage • Editing • Storytelling
STILL + STORY
Some stories don’t need motion. They need the right moment.
My photography comes from a documentary mindset: observe first, understand what’s happening, then make the frame. Whether I’m working with an arts organization, at a community event or one-on-one with a subject, the goal is the same—create photographs that say something and give the organization something useful to communicate with.
COMMUNITY
DOCUMENTARY - “The Moments”
ARTS / CULTURE
Editorial - Emotion
HUMAN / UNSCRIPTED
CONCEPT / CREATIVE
The Art of Being Seen
The Art of Being Seen is an ongoing Dayton community portrait project built around recognition, conversation and connection.
The process begins by learning who someone is and why their story matters—not simply by making their photograph. The portrait becomes a starting point for a larger story about the people who make up our community.
Role: Creator • Photographer • Interviewer • Storyteller • Community Engagement
The story starts with the person.
HOW I WORK
The camera is one part of the process.
Good content starts before anything gets photographed or recorded. I want to understand what we’re trying to communicate, who we’re trying to reach and what we want them to do with it.
From there, I determine the story, the assets we need and how the content should live across platforms. Once it’s out, performance helps inform what we create next.