Artist's Bio
Jeff Hammond is a freelance photographer from Bloomington Indiana, who combines his passion for photography and his love for people to craft images such as the ones you will find throughout this site. Our philosophy toward portrait and event photography is to create the type of image the client wants, while making the experience fun for all involved. While we certainly shoot a number of "serious" images, we believe wholeheartedly that a light, relaxed environment is the best way to get subjects to relax and show their true selves.
Jeff's work has been seen in magazines such as Outdoor Indiana, Bloom Magazine, Long Weekends, AAA, Sea Ray Living, Kentucky Monthly, Women in the Outdoors, Cincinnati Magazine and Ohio Magazine, various books and in numerous newspapers from Bloomington to Denver. His work has garnered many awards in art exhibitions, including multi-year "Best of Show" and "First Place" ribbons in festivals throughout Indiana.
He also has several performance images featured in the book "Bringing the World to Our Neighborhood: The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival."
In addition to creating images such as these, Jeff serves on the Board of Directors for the Bloomington Photography Club, for which he also serves on its Programming and Special Events Committee. He is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), Hoosier Outdoor Writers and Western Outdoor Writers. He leads photography outings for various groups, provides presentations to clubs and other organizations and provides volunteer services for Big Brothers & Big Sisters and the Bloomington Volunteer Network.
In his spare time, he holds Federal and State banding permits which have allowed him to volunteer as a station leader for four years of the Project Owlnet Northern Saw-whet Owl banding project in the Yellowwood State Forest in Brown County, Indiana.