Jim Pierce

Jim Pierce - Background

Jim has been in the photographic industry
 for over 30 years working in multiple capacities.

After earning his degree in Photographic Production Technology at SIU Jim started working at Winnona School of Photographyas an assistant to visiting instructorsand running the lab. 

When Winnona moved to Atlanta, Jim opened up his own custom printing service specializing in hand printing images for local professional studios. 

During this time he also worked as a freelance photographer for multiple studios helping out with their workload.
​Always wanting to keep up with the newest technology, Jim started using Photoshop in 1992 after reading an article about it in a trade magazine.  Since this was well before any classes, books or online tutorials Jim had to learn from scratch what the tools did and how to use them.
In 2003 he took the leap and opened his own professional lab and studio service in Crystal Lake Illinois specializing in commercial work as well as portraiture and artistic pieces.

Jim holds the degrees of
Master of Photography,
Photographic Craftsman
​Master Artist
and Certified Professional Photographer
through the Professional Photographers of America accreditation program and has won many national awards for his work.
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An avid believer in education, he teaches workshops at the studio as well as being a nationally known speaker having taught at state conventions for professional photographers.

Tom Hughes

Background in Education
1965 Graduate of Kenosha Mary D. Bradford High School 
Sport Football 3 year started, Honor Roll 3 years, 

Colleges:
University of Wisconsin Whitewater 1965 to 1970
Football - 3 year offensive left tackle
- team was in the top 5 NAIA Football team
during my time at UWW-Whitewater
Degree in General Business with a 3.49 GPA


NIU - MBA Program - GPA 4.0  Sales and Marketing program

Word in the Computer Industry for my entire business career. 1972 to  2005

Joined Hewlett Packard company in 1977
and worked in Sales and later on
Regional and National Reseller Marketing Program

Was the top sales performer for 28 years
Top Terminal SR for the entire USA
 50 HP 250 system sold in the year (last to first)
1995 Voted by Sales/Marketing Mgt
Top National Program Manager
 

AND In  2005 I retired from HP after working their for 28 years

Very Few photographer have the time, patience, or knowledge on how to build very complex photos and
make them have a WOW Factor.

I take on difficult tasks, organize them, make them successful and deliver them on time.


We Love New Business Opportunities
We  do deliver on our commitments
We do things the right way
You get exceptional Value from our Photographic skills

That is what you get with Jim and myself.