Who Am I?

I have many nicknames, but you can just call me Rob. I'm a fine art and fashion photographer, teacher, traveler, adoptee and lover of all things creative, natural and adventurous. Oh, and I love cats, but who doesn't? I'm Portland based, and in the last 4 years I've taught over 60 workshops and seminars relating to photography in 15 countries and over 20 cities.  I've worked diligently to grow my social reach organically to over 600K followers across my social platforms, and most importantly I'm here to bring people together by sharing meaningful stories, experiences and art with my global creative family. To learn more about me, feel free to peruse my About and Portfolio sections above.

Why did I write you?

From September-December 2017 I'll be traveling the world to 8 international destinations, including 4 new countries and Mount Everest Base Camp to teach photographic workshops. In the process, I'll be filming tutorials and behind the scenes content from my travels. Starting in 2018, I'll be launching a brand new YouTube and tutorial channel to expand upon my 600K audience, prioritizing photographic education, positive social change, and inspiration through travel and active lifestyle. With the personal connection offered through video engagement, my audience will expand and be enriched to new levels. With your support I can push all these endeavors to the next level, ensuring that every person who participates in a workshop or views this visual content experiences something moving and life changing.

Chris Buchal
Videographer

Chris has spent 8 months filming cinematic YouTube content and will continue as the channel develops

Nirajan
Nepal Host

Nirajan is an expert Himalayan mountaineer and will lead the Mount Everest Base Camp trek

Long Tran
Vietnam Host

Long is a photographer and clothing designer and will facilitate the Hanoi based workshop

Jane Long
AuStralia Host

Award winning photographer, Jane will co-host and facilitate workshops in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane

Samy Hamila
Tunisia Host

World renowned photographer Samy will co-host and facilitate the Tunisia based workshop

Mateus Lucena
Portugal Host

World traveling photographer Mateus will co-host and facilitate the Portugal based workshop

Fabrik Studio
Ukraine Host

Fabrik Studio regularly hosts photography master classes and workshops and will facilitate the Ukraine workshop

Dates for my 2017 workshops will be launched in the coming weeks, but there are many aspects of running workshops and producing the tutorial and behind the scenes content for YouTube that will greatly benefit from various forms of support including but not limited to, financial support, film support, and product support.  Check out some suggested forms of financial support below, I've included ideas of what I'm offering in exchange and look forward to talking further about how we can both mutually benefit the most from each others support.

Bronze Package

$2,000+ USD

• Sponsor 1 student to attend a workshop for free
• Live mention at all workshop events
• Physical brand materials/promos handed out at each workshop
• 20 social media shoutouts between Sep 2017-Jan 2018

Silver Package

$4,000+ USD

• Sponsor 2 students to attend a workshop for free
• Live mention at all workshop events
• Physical brand materials/promos handed out at each workshop
• 25 social media shoutouts between Sep 2017-Jan 2018
• 16 product photos from the tour, 2 taken from each travel location, content shared with brand for media/website use
  *product photos also used in social media shoutouts

Gold Package

$8,000+ USD

• Sponsor 3 students to attend a workshop for free
• Live mention at all workshop events
• Physical brand materials/promos handed out at each workshop
• 30 social media shoutouts between Sep 2017-Jan 2018
• 40 product photos from the tour, 5 from each travel location, content shared with brand for media/website use
  *product photos also used in social media shoutouts
• 1 product/brand video produced on the road

Platinum

$15,000+ USD

• Sponsor 4 students to attend a workshop for free
• Live mention at all workshop events
• Physical brand materials/promos handed out at each workshop
• 40 social media shoutouts between Sep 2017-Jan 2018
• 80 product photos from the tour, 10 taken from each travel location, content shared with brand for media/website use
  *product photos also used in social media shoutouts
• 2 product/brand videos produced on the road
• Mentions and/or logo placement on every weekly episode for first 6 months of my YouTube channel

ELITE 2017-18 Sponsor

$30,000+ USD

Sponsor 8 students to attend a workshop for free
Official sponsor of my 2017 fall tour and my YouTube channel for 2018. You'll receive all the perks listed in the PLATINUM package with extended live mentions of your brand and logo placement in every 2018 YouTube episode (52 episodes total).  In addition I'll fly directly to your company headquarters or a location of your choice to provide a free workshop and/or seminar style experience for your employees.  Lets have a conversation about additional ways we can collaborate to best serve both our brands!

I joined 500px in 2011 after hearing high praise and instantly fell in love with the photo sharing site; after using the platform religiously for years and growing an audience of almost 200K followers on 500px, our relationship became set in stone and we began collaborating. In 2015 and 2016 I hosted the world's largest photo meetup, held in hundreds of cities worldwide on the same date, for Tokyo and Portland locations respectively. In 2017 I began working with 500px on their new Classes platform to create interactive tutorials and live chat sessions helping photographers improve photographic and editing skills from their own desk. As of this year I have also joined their ISO blog as an ongoing writer, sharing tips of the trade from anything involving pre and post production, to finding inspiration for the shoot process. Its an honor to build an ongoing relationship with such an incredible company and team.

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In 2014 and 2015, Vanguard was an official sponsor for a North American workshop tour and a global workshop tour that encompassed 5 continents. In exchange for support from Vanguard, my teams and I created promotional content for Vanguard for various gear releases, campaigns and social media content. We also shared images including Vanguard gear to our social media audiences reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers.  Having Vanguard represented physically through pamphlets and hands-on use during our workshops, as well as online, secured many new loyal customers to the brand.

On my 2017 world tour, Ted's Cameras reached out during my Australian leg of the campaign requesting a series of interviews to share with their audience. The interviews covered insight on various portfolio pieces and experiences from the life of a traveling photographer, as well as Q&A taken directly from Ted's customers and my social media followers. The Ted's team was a pleasure to work with and I can't wait to collaborate again.

In 2013 my team and I produced a crowd sourcing campaign and raised over $12,000 in funding between online and in person donations, helping to fully fund a new summer camp for foster children.  The amount was exactly the remaining amount needed to reach the goal of 40 kids at camp for the first year.  To promote the campaign I created an entire series of images portraying foster children from the darkest to brightest moments of their journey, with all the concepts sourced from real experiences volunteering with kids at camp and being adopted myself.  The series was featured in publications worldwide and made into a gallery showing at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to continue raising funds for the foster camp.