Recently a friend of mine saw a post on a local marketing Facebook page where the Executive Director of a charitable organization was looking for a photographer. I contacted the Executive Director and had a nice long conversation about the mission of the organization and what the job would entail. At the end we got […]
After my first few photography classes and trying my hand at a variety of photographic genres, I took a class in large format photography and the view camera. Even though the age of film photography is for all practical purposes dead, most people over the age of 30 are probably somewhat familiar with 35mm cameras. […]
Academics came easy to me in high school, and without much study I always made the honor roll. As I mentioned in the previous post, I secretly longed to be a film director. I started taking cinema studies courses at my school, the University of Illinois/Urbana, but quickly learned what a dismal program they had, […]
I grew up in Oak Lawn, Illinois which, in second half of the 70s and early 80s was a cultural desert. If there was any culture to be had, I wasn’t aware of it. My parents were good parents, but family, work, and making a home were their main pursuits. My mother had a few […]
I was very gratified to find the following recommendation posted on LinkedIn this morning from my client Chuck Benya. As Director of Development at Vital Bridges and VP of Development at Howard Brown, Chuck hired me on multiple occasions to shoot events, fundraisers and other media events. Thank you, Chuck! Gary is extremely easy to […]