Today we’d like to introduce you to Robert Michelson.
Robert, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I started my career as a photographer while still in high school, and had my first photograph published in the Brockton Enterprise in 1973. Since that time I have photographed and/or videotaped over 2000 events including weddings, bar/bat-mitzvahs, corporate events, reunions and portraits.
In addition to my passion of telling people stories with my camera I pursued a second passion of underwater photography and video, becoming a certified SCUBA diver in 1979, followed by Dive Master, and Specialty Instructor ratings in the early 1980’s. My goal was to become the “Jacque Cousteau of New England”.
My photography/stories and videos have been published in numerous regional and national magazines and on most broadcast cable and television network outlets in the United States. Credits include: National Geographic, Field & Stream, Highlights for Children, Nature Friend, Aquaculture, Skindiver, Rodale’s SCUBA Diving, Montana Outdoors, Texas Fish & Game, New Hampshire Wildlife Journal magazines, as well in many local daily and weekly newspapers.
Broadcast footage and programming have been aired on PBS, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, Science Channel, History Channel, and the Discovery Channel.
There are currently 2 feature documentaries in production – one titled “Project Mishoon”, follows the story of early Native American dugout canoes being discovered intact on the bottom of Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA. The goal is to recover one of 3 craft, restore the vessel and display as part of a lake-side museum with the Nipmuc Peoples.
The second program’s working title “The Minot Light Gale”, follows the construction of the first spindle-legged lighthouse that was lost to the sea with the loss of both lighthouse keepers during the “perfect storm” of 1851. Divers discovered the remains of that structure in 30-40 feet of water in 2007. The objective while working with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to create the first underwater state park in this region.
Has it been a smooth road?
In the early days, many people of authority did not think acquiring quality underwater photography and video of several species of threatened fish were possible due to the conditions in which they were found, only to have a feature documentary debut on one of PBS’s anchor stations, WGBH-TV, Boston in 1992. This program “Return From The Sea…The Restoration of Atlantic Salmon To New England” was subsequently distributed to affiliate PBS stations across the Northeastern United States, and later was broadcast by “Assignment Discovery”, reaching approximately 50 million households throughout the United States.
Scientists and administrators stopped challenging my abilities once this program first made its’ debut. My message is if anyone tells you that you cannot do something, find a way to prove them wrong and do not stop, regardless as to the obstacles!
We’d love to hear more about your business.
We specialize in all-inclusive wedding photography and video packages, and have been providing this services to our many clients since 1974. We are known for our honest, straightforward approach to our business, and always take the time to educate our clients about the wedding industry as a whole, and photography and video in particular. Every detail is put in writing in a contract, and as part of this approach, we have been proud members of the Better Business Bureau since 1993, and have maintained an A+ rating with that agency since that time.
We tell the complete story of every event that we cover, and will not leave until that story has been covered completely, even if staying a little longer and not charging the client overtime to accomplish that objective. We deliver paper proofs to every bridal client who orders an album from us, and never charge any added monies for hidden fees – all of our services are all-inclusive, and every client leaves knowing they received the best value for their dollar, and at a fair price.
Pricing:
- Wedding packages start at $850.00 including 6 hours of coverage and a DVD with all photos
- Wedding album packages start at $1595.00 and are all-inclusive
Contact Info:
- Address: 112 Arborway Drive
Braintree, MA 02184 - Website: www.pbmphoto.com
- Phone: 781-848-8870
- Email: pbm.inc@verizon.net
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.michelson.750
- Other: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-michelson-235b0113/
Male Smallmouth bass (right) pushes female bass while exhibiting typical head-down posture towards the nest site. This is referred to as “Push-lead behavior”.
Male andf female Gray seals mating on The Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.
Photograph was taken under the authority of NMFS MMPA Permit No. 17670; and USFWS Permit No. 53514-17-02
Image Credit:
All photographs (C) Robert S. Michelson
All Rights Reserved
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