BACKGROUNDClientsStoryteller Productions has shot stories, live news and sporting events, plus aerials for the following networks: NBC, CBS, CNN, ESPN, TNN, TNT, TLC, PBS AND ANIMAL PLANET. Our work has been featured on Nightly News, Dateline, Eye On People, Speedweek, Turner Sports, 4 Wheeler T.V., and How'd They Do That? We've also produced corporate training, movitational and marketing videos. Some of our corporate clients include: Oldsmobile, Dodge, Motorola, Baker NASCAR Racing School, Wendy's Hamburgers, AVNET, U.S. Tennis Association, and Chase Manhatten Bank. Awards Travis Johnson, Director of Photography for Storyteller Productions, has won more than 100 awards in his 20 years as a television and newspaper photojournalist. They include seven NATAS Emmy Awards/Rocky Mt. Region; 1995 Emmy Photojournalist-of-the-Year; 30 NPPA regional and national awards; 20 AP awards; 10 RTNDA awards; plus runner-up and/or nominated five times for Photographer-of-the-year for Emmy's and NPPA Region 10. All awards were in best photography, editing, feature, in-depth and spot news categories. Experience Aside from freelancing for various networks, Travis has worked in television markets since 1980 in Oregon, California and nine years in Phoenix, Arizona. He was assigned as the full-time helicopter photojournalist for the NBC affilliate in Phoenix for four years, acquiring more than 2,000 flight hours shooting aerials. Travis shoots aerials with a Wescam, Flir, Tyler-mount, gyro lens, and hand-held. His educational background and degree is in journalism from the the University of Oregon and Mt. Hood Community College. He also attended Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. |