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Paul Elliott Cheney, Jr.

While perched on a sidestage shooting Bela Fleck at MerleFest in front of 50k+ people, I realized nobody was shooting the 50k+ people. Everybody was shooting Bela Fleck. I came back the next year with a business partner and shot the guests, the volunteers, the sponsors and the main acts. Flash forward 100’s and 100’s of corporate events later totaling 250,000 images and I ironically realized I needed to learn the basics. After working with maybe 20+ photographers and shooting for some of the biggest companies on the planet I met Jason Kaumeyer. Sharing our different skillsets has shown me, personally, the value of color management, purposeful photographs, and the value of accrued knowledge from a variety of sources.

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Partial client list for Paul Cheney

IBM, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Mitchell Crosby, Food+Wine festivals in Charleston, Park City and Steamboat, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Wildcatters, Sundance, SEWE, Spoleto, Piccolo Spoleto, the Ravenel Bridge Engineers and Builders, Charleston Fashion Week, Charleston Magazine, Beach Company, Megadock, Gibbes Museum, Preservation Society, Mitt Romney, PGA, UBS, Family Circle Cup, ChazzFest, Merlefest, HarvestFest, Rawle Murdy, Davis Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, City of Charleston, PDA, Pearlstine, Iverson Catering, Cru Catering,. Duvall Catering, All Occasions, White Tuxedo, Cru Catering, Absolutely Charleston, MUSC, Roper St Francis, Tenet Health Care, GE, Hermes, American Cancer Socity, American Heart Association, Circle of 1824, Taste of Charleston, Scottish Festival, Wine Under the Oaks, Osyter Festival at Boone Hall, Maritime Festival aka HarborFest, MegaDock, Patriots Point Billfishing Tournament, Entertainment Cruises, Team Sage, etc.

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