Scott T. Smith lives in Utah's Cache Valley with his wife Mary, four spoiled cats and several pack llamas. When not working on their new house, he can be found taking photographs. Smith is actually a self-taught photographer known for his images of travel, landscapes, cityscapes, tourism, wildlife, agriculture, architecture, cityscapes, outdoor lifestyle, natural history, and highly-powered sports. His images have appeared in advertising, calendars, text and trade books, and in magazines, including Audubon, Alaska, Outside, National Geographic Traveler, and Sunset. He’s also an author and some of books include Salt Lake City Impressions, Utah: Wild and Beautiful, Along Wyoming's Continental Divide, Nevada: Magnificent Wilderness, and Nevada Impressions. His favorite subject is the natural world. Smith worked as a research meteorologist before he became a photographer.
He got his first camera in 1979 and started taking photos on his outdoor adventures to share with family and friends. Since 1988 He has been a full-time freelance photographer after quitting his “real” job and he his lived in the backcountry and in their truck with his wife for a year while producing photographs. In 2000, Smith was selected as a participant in Daybreak 2000, and even in which 115 photographers from around the world were invited and were given 24 hours in January 2000. They were given the opportunity to capture their first images of the new millennium. Three years later, he shot for America 24/7 as a contract pro where photographers documented the United States of America nationwide in one week in May.
