About Us

Covering large national events whether conventions, sports events, meetings, or educational seminars has been an active part of my schedule for many years.  Understanding the needs of the sponsors or clients has allowed me to capture images which allow them to market, recap, bid, or create publicity or interest in the events.  Blending this understanding with a grasp of the moment, design , and capturing images in a dramatic way have become the descriptives for the results of the assignments I have provided to the organizations, corporations, and teams who have acquired my services.  This success has allowed relationships for many years with clients who hired me to cover a local event and found a confidence that has been lacking in their experiences throughout the country.  This has led to my travelling with these organizations as they travel to different cities and sites each year.  It has been a fantastic and rewarding experience.

Conventions and Events

In covering events my experience has been varied and in many genres.  The underlying value has always been a thorough understanding of the needs of the client applied in a dramatic,colorful capture of the subject and the nuancesassociated with it.  Most assignments have an end use which includes pr, brochures, presentations, ads including billboard, print, and web based leading as well as operationally related visuals for future planning and bidding. These requirements define a need for well designed, impactful images on one hand as well as documentation of operations for future planning in the other extreme.  Qualities that have enabled my success.

  • Ability to work with different types of personalities in pressured situations and exceed their expections
  • Broad background of experience to handle all photographic needs
  • Creative and strong sense of creating high impact images   in a fast moving environment under pressure.
  • Highly organized, multitasker.

Experience

·     1993 – 1994     United States Olympic Festival   Director of Photography – responsible for all photographic needs related to advertising, pr, event coverage, head shots, venue images, organization of photographers coverage during event.  Event coverage included 42 venues throughout a 100 square mile area with on-going events over a 10 day time frame.  Key competitors, winning action, medal ceremonies, opening and closing ceremonies were a portion of the coverage.

·  1986 – 1992   Anheuser Busch Corporate Championships     Responsible for photographic coverage of sporting competitions to determine corporate champions in specific sports.  Locations held in multiple venues throughout the US and included golf, tennis, bass fishing, soccer, softball, beach volleyball, basketball, half marathon,  and bowling.  Assignment was to create an image library to include team photos, each participant in action, award dinner, team fun for a gift book for each participant.

·     2000    Papal Visit to St. Louis   Archdiocese Photographer   Assignment was to cover the 4 venues where the Pope visited over a 36 hour visit.  Images were to tell the story of the Pope’s visit and the impact he had on the people who attended to historically document the event and tell the story of his visit.  Images have been used in a book celebrating the visit, publica- tions, hung in schools, etc.

·     1995 – 2003     LPGA Michelob Light Golf Classic   Event photographer.  Assignment to cover the entirety of the event including action, key golfers, winners circle, etc.  Usage included  pr, marketing, posters, billboards, clubhouse art, etc.

·     1996 – 2004     Track photographer for Gateway International Speedway-St. Louis, Nashville Speedway-Nashville, Memphis Speedway-Memphis   Major event photographer.  Assignment was to create photo library of all aspects of events   for each major NASCAR event at the track.  Included track action, midway, pits, press, suites, crowds, sponsorship, etc. for marketing.

·     1999 – 2008  Marshall Faulk Celebrity Golf Classic  event photographer  Assignment included coverage of entire event including pairing dinner, foursome photos and framed prints provided while players were on course, signage and sponsorship, etc.  Events had up to 230 participants each at local and Super Bowl locations.

·     2004 – 2009  Albert Pujols Celebrity Golf Outing   event photographer.  Assignment was coverage of the full day’s activities including foursome photos with framed prints while on course(over 350 participants), course action, celebrity interaction, awards banquet, media coverage, Pujols Family, charity interaction, etc.

·     2005     NCAA Mens Final Four Basketball Trnmt.  event photographer.  Assignment to cover the 4 days of events leading to the Championship of the tournament.  Coverage included images of court action, celebration, crowds, venue images in each game, sponsorship, color of the games, media, workouts, off site events-i.e. concerts, competitions, games, sponsor activities, dinners, breakfasts, etc.

·     1998 – 2012     Party Lite National Convention   convention photographer.  Assignment cover all photo needs for the national convention and build a library of images to promote the upcoming year’s event.  Product shots, speakers, demonstra-tions, group images, displays, site images, sightseeing, signage, operations,  portraits.  Images were processed daily and selections provided daily for web site updates.  Coverage has included 5 cities over 14 years.

·    1998 – present     NAPSLO    event photographer  coverage of educational seminar  Assignment is to capture a selection of images to be used for web and future marketing of the event.  Images included speakers, overall, details, individual participants, breakouts, group shot of 100 participants printed and returned to client same day for participant gifts.]

·     2009 – 2011        Jockey P2P   National Convention convention photographer.  Assignment included portraits, speakers, presentations, Fashion Show product intro, providing images for slide show recap at end of convention.

·     2010 – present     COGIC conclave photographer hired to supplement conclave photographers for Sunday celebration.  Assignment to cover and capture the ambience of the gathering and celebration through the emotion, color, and ceremony as it occurred.   Images for use in publication, pr, web, etc.Summary

·     2017Every convention or event has its own signature.  The most significant way to express it is through images and these can be obvious but more often require effort to capture the potential that exists.  Through the variety and demands of the events I have covered I have an understanding of how to provide a complete library of coverage of events that is impactful, thorough, and visually appealing to meet the future needs you might have for your organization.