Steve Jefferson/Eyewitness News
Indianapolis, Jan. 22 - Photographer Andrew Scalini on his way to jail. He talked about how time behind bars won't be easy. "It's going to be hard on me. It's just hard to answer."
A Marion County judge sentenced the convicted photographer to jail time. A jury convicted Scalini last November on four counts of child exploitation.
At least four young girls say he photographed them nude at his Broad Ripple studio.
Scalini will serve about three months at the Department of Corrections. He will do home detention, register as a sex offender, serve at least 170 days of supervised probation plus community service and pay fines.
During the sentencing hearing his attorney called several witnesses, including WIBC personality Greg Garrison.
Although Scalini talked with reporters after court, his attorney refused.
In a letter to the court from Scalini, client Dana Newton wrote, "I have had to constantly wonder where those pictures are and who has seen them."
She also wrote to the judge, "Please make a decision that will serve the justice needed in this situation."
Prosecutors say that even after a conviction, they're not convinced Scalini accepts responsibility for his actions.
In a letter to the judge from Scalini, he explains his nude photography session with Dana Newton by writing, "I repeatedly asked if she was comfortable and over and over again, if she was OK. She always answered yes!!"
Deputy Prosecutor Jay Meisenhelder says, "The judge has .. said by that statement that he did not get. He does not accept that he has done anything wrong,"
But on his way to jail, Scalini made a promise about future photography sessions with young girls. "I'll never again. I would just never do it again."