Thank you for taking a moment to look at my profile. Like most photographers I had a camera in my hands at an early age shooting with the Kodak Instamatic. Then in high school a friend, who happened to work at the school newspaper, let me borrow his camera for a basketball shoot and the rest is history. Not long after I received my first camera, a Nikon FM and a couple of lenses, I was totally immersed in photography by my senior year in high school. I even had a very crude but functional darkroom in the laundry room of my house.

I studied Mass Communications in college and worked for my college newspaper and yearbook. Late in my college career I found television news and videography and a new path was started. I have photographed Super Bowls, World Series, NCAA Championships, All-Star games, coaches shows, hurricanes, political conventions and a wide variety of news and spot news events. There isn't much I have not seen. I am a two-time Emmy Award winner, several AP Awards and a recent recipient of the Peabody Award all while staying current in SLR/DSLR photography.

I am a veteran news and sports photographer who has worked for several publications and television stations. I have photographed Super Bowls, World Series, NCAA Championships, All-Star games, coaches shows, hurricanes, political conventions and a wide variety of news and spot news events. There isn't much I have not seen. I am a two-time Emmy Award winner, several AP Awards and a recent recipient of the Peabody Award.

I currently freelance for several clients and I'm involved with photo projects in the Marietta area. You can see my photoblog here or on flickr here And coming soon tedmayer.com  Thank you for looking, greatly appreciated.

-My passion for photojournalism drives me to inform, help, contribute, inspire and make a difference-