Jim picked up his first camera in middle school back in 1978. It was a little Kodak Instamatic and Jim enjoyed documenting his family and friends in South Florida. In the mid 1980’s, at Virginia Tech studying Engineering and Computer Science, he saved his pennies for his first pro film camera and photography became a hobby. Learning photography in the film days (and before the Internet) was challenging, expensive and time consuming. In the 90’s Jim’s career as a Network Engineer was taking off included international travel. He set aside his film cameras for the lower quality but much more convenient digital cameras coming on the market to document his trips across America, Western Europe, and Asia. The 2000’s saw many family changes so Jim traded the travel life to stay home and “be there” as his son grew up. His photography shifted from exotic locations and people to documenting his growing family, friends, and motorsports When Jim bought his first Digital SLR camera in 2010 the on-again-off-again flirtation with photography blossomed into a full-on love affair. The hobby became a minor obsession. By 2015 photography had become a part time job. The spring of 2017 was a pivotal time. Having reached the top of his IT career, not wanting to be sent off to DC to become a bureaucrat, and with his side photography business blooming, he made the decision to switch gears and Images by Design Photography became his full-time gig. It quickly became clear that the photography landscape was changing so Jim began studying videography and video production, traded in his hobby drones for commercial quality sUAS systems and was one of the first to receive an FAA license for small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) including authorizations to fly the various restricted airspaces across the region. Now, Jim creates bespoke magazine quality photos and cinematic videos for corporate clients.…Jim picked up his first camera in middle school back in 1978. It was a little Kodak Instamatic and Jim enjoyed documenting his family and friends in South Florida. In the mid 1980’s, at Virginia Tech studying Engineering and Computer Science, he saved his pennies for his first pro film camera and photography became a hobby. Learning photography in the film days (and before the Internet) was challenging, expensive and time consuming. In the 90’s Jim’s career as a Network Engineer was taking off included international travel. He set aside his film cameras for the lower quality but much more convenient digital cameras coming on the market to document his trips across America, Western Europe, and Asia. The 2000’s saw many family changes so Jim traded the travel life to stay home and “be there” as his son grew up. His photography shifted from exotic locations and people to documenting his growing family, friends, and motorsports When Jim bought his first Digital SLR camera in 2010 the on-again-off-again flirtation with photography blossomed into a full-on love affair. The hobby became a minor obsession. By 2015 photography had become a part time job. The spring of 2017 was a pivotal time. Having reached the top of his IT career, not wanting to be sent off to DC to become a bureaucrat, and with his side photography business blooming, he made the decision to switch gears and Images by Design Photography became his full-time gig. It quickly became clear that the photography landscape was changing so Jim began studying videography and video production, traded in his hobby drones for commercial quality sUAS systems and was one of the first to receive an FAA license for small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) including authorizations to fly the various restricted airspaces across the region. Now, Jim creates bespoke magazine quality photos and cinematic videos for corporate clients.WWWW…