Wow! It's 2010 and I am more than a decade into my photojournalism career. The last eight of them I've spent as a freelancer.
My clients have included many news outlets, large and small, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Baltimore Sun, The Associated Press (AP), Getty Images and Patuxent Publishing Company.
Most recently I have had the somber duty of traveling to Dover Air Force Base, Del. to photograph the homecoming of American casualties from Afghanistan and Iraq. I have been there around 60 times, as of January 2010, working for AP. The photographs have appeared in news outlets around the world, often including the hometowns of the fallen.
I have had the pleasure of providing marketing and public relations images for some wonderful organizations and businesses, as well. These include Special Olympics-Maryland, The Columbia Association, The Baltimore County Department of Aging, Purina, Inc. The Penn Relays and Saint Joseph's Hospital.
I look forward to a new decade of providing my editorial and corporate clients with professional images that tell their stories.
Now I would like to extend an offer to everyone else... I WANT TO TELL YOUR STORIES through photography. Your wedding, your children, your special days, and even your everyday moments.
Check out my new Web photo section "Family/Lifestyle" and contact me now for special rates as I look to further build this section of my portfolio.
With an unobtrusive style that combines technical excellence, strong, clean composition and a unique vision for light and perspective, I create a combination of candid and minimally posed photographs to secure your memories for years to come.
Looking forward to another great decade of photography,
Steve Ruark