My name is Ronald McMullen. I was born and raised in Indiana. The first camera I owned was given to me at age 12. From there I studied photographic magazines and books very closely, learning every fact about how the images were created. It was an art that I had seemingly been blessed with and I took full advantage of it. Through all of my high school years, I was chief photographer and darkroom controller. This allowed me to collect some of the greatest exposure and knowledge to the art which would become my passion and career.
Today’s Digital Camera’s are terrific but I grew up learning the basics in the ‘old school’ of photography. Using the most basic of film cameras, I grasped the ideas of exposure and composition. The darkroom allowed me to learn the techniques of developing and printing my images in black and white. After mastering those levels, I wanted to achieve higher goals so I convinced my advisor to let me try color film and printing in the darkroom. For a junior in high school to work with color film & prints was unheard of! It was more difficult but the challenge of mastering this level was too exciting. Along with color and black & white, I learned the techniques of darkroom printing special effects. These are essentially what I use everyday, but now they are available to me at the click of a mouse.
Immediately out of high school, while at college, I landed a job as a press photographer for the newspaper. I would eventually become a lead photographer there and hundreds of my photographs were front page news, sports or human interest images. Many images were also picked up by newspapers across the country as well. I gained much more experience by working as a press photographer. Much of my entire life’s work is available to view in the portfolio section of the website.
At age 18, I photographed my first wedding and shortly after that had many weddings booked for the upcoming seasons. Deciding to go out on my own was the best decision that I could have made. A name was born and so was the pathway to a successful career.   I would never give up all my experience with manual focus, exposures and darkroom knowledge because it has made me the photographer that I am. Please give us a call or e-mail and we can discuss your photographic needs.