Isaac (he/him) is a freelance editorial and commercial photographer, videographer, and FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot based in Saratoga Springs, Utah (Salt Lake City area).

Resume/References

Isaac currently works as a senior part-time marketing photographer for Utah Valley University (Monday-Wednesday), and fills in the rest of his schedule with freelance assignments.

Previously, Isaac worked as a photojournalist at the Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, for four and a half years. He was a staff photographer from 2016-2017, chief photographer from 2017-2018, and collaborated with reporters, designers, editors, and freelance photographers as well as managed all of the newspaper’s visual demands as the photo editor and chief photographer from 2018-2020.

Isaac’s work has earned numerous local, regional, national and international honors. His work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International (POYi), The National Press Photographer’s Association’s Best of Photojournalism (NPPA’s BOP), the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, the Associated Press, College Photographer of the Year, and the Ohio News Photographers Association. While at the Daily Herald, Isaac was awarded best photographer in Utah three times by the Utah News Photographer’s Association (2017, 2018, 2020) and once by the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (2020).

Isaac’s worked has appeared in publications such as ESPN, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Arizona Republic, in addition to several state and regional newspapers throughout the United States.

In addition to editorial clients, Isaac also works with commercial clients and companies to create images to fit their marketing, advertising, and website needs both on location and in the studio.

Born and raised in Piqua, Ohio, he graduated with a degree in Visual Communication in 2016 from Ohio University's photojournalism program. 

When not behind a camera, Isaac can be found mountain and road biking, skiing, cheering  earnestly for the Cleveland Cavaliers, or exercising his life-long passion of singing in choir and theatre ensembles.