PROFILE

Nashville photographer Paul J. Hughes has been involved in all facets of media. After several years in commercial radio, he became the CEO of a full service advertising agency. Over 14 years the company became a top billing and award winning agency handling work for hundreds of local, regional and national businesses.
Hughes has been awarded several FCC radio station licenses and was recognized in Who's Who of Advertising. He has also served as Producer for a film production company and has held various V.P. Marketing positions in the corporate world. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Hughes devotes his time to stock, commercial and wedding photography along with commercial writing and audio production projects. Awards include numerous photography awards, 39 local & regional ADDY awards, Radio & Production Magazine's 2002 Best Medium Market Commercial Award, the 2003 Maxim Star Silver Award for creative radio production and a Silver Microphone Award. Member: Professional Photographers of America (PPA).

CLIENT LIST

Provence in Spring
Paul J. Hughes photographed the annual event at Cheekwood to benefit Thistle Farms/Magdalene, a program that rehabilitates women.

Phi Sigma Pi
Annual convention coverage for fraternity organization based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Genesco
Annual corporate banquet and awards ceremony for employees from across the nation.

Fisk University
Portrait assignment for the university President.

Aerospace Technologies
The three-day convention focused on 6000 attendees from around the world. Nashville photographer Paul Hughes was selected to photograph the entire event with keynote speaker Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon.

Quebecor World
Photography of a newly installed robotic pallet loading system at the Quebecor World printing plant in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

Alfresco Pasta - Nashville
An additional project was completed for this purveyor of fresh pasta for restaurants across the Southeast. Paul Hughes was contracted for trade show booth design and production and a corresponding two-sided full color print brochure. May, 2008

Sprint Nextel
Nashville photographer Paul J. Hughes provided three-day coverage of the annual Sprint Nextel dealers convention.

Link Resources
Photography of the completion of a 60,000 square foot refrigeration warehouse. A unique interlocking styrofoam panel system was used to construct the building.

Convenience Store News - New York (VNU Business Media)
Digital photography of Marketing V.P. Paul Pierce of Mapco Stores for a feature article.

Lake Forest Foods
A Red Hat Society official licensee. Paul Hughes captured digital images of delectable gourmet foods in a mock tea room setting on location.

Motorboating Magazine - New Jersey
Paul J. Hughes was hired to photograph a 42 foot Formula motorboat empowered by the new Volvo IPS system. Shoot was on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky.

Book project: Shakespeare in the Park - Nashville
Macbeth on stage! Jim Stevens is authoring a book on Macbeth and Paul Hughes was retained for photography of the current Shakespeare in the Park production in Nashville.

XL Health Baltimore
Corporate assignment: XL Health provides diabetes patient training. Nashville photographer Paul Hughes was hired to photograph staff and clients in both Nashville area locations

Polaris, Inc
Corporate Photography: National dealer show for this ATV and Motorcycle manufacturer held at Opryland Resort, Nashville. Paul Hughes provided coverage for three nights of presentations of new products for an audience of 3000 attendees.

New Kentucky String Ticklers
The debut CD "Generations" - The New Kentucky String Ticklers - features the photography and CD text editing by Paul J. Hughes. The recording includes 12 cuts by this Americana/Bluegrass trio that harkens the sounds of the original String Ticklers from the 1930's. From Red Barn Radio Records. Listen here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/nkst
UPDATE: NKST CD wins Gold Addy - 2006.
UPDATE: NKST CD booklet nominated for fall 2006 Bluegrass Association award.

www.timsteed.com
Web site photography: See some of Paul Hughes' work when you click on Tim's site. www.timsteed.com

Vestas - Denmark
Tennessee wind farm: Nashville photographer Paul J. Hughes was hired to photograph a new wind turbine project in Tennessee. The 18 turbines stand 265 feet tall and generate electricity for middle Tennessee. Coverage included shots from atop one of the turbine housing units and various landscape views. See the Assignments category for several shots.

SportsRadio 560
Web site text and photography: Nashville's SportsRadio 560 WNSR just revamped their entire web site with photography by Paul Hughes.
Photos of the on-air talent and management team.

All Seasons Sunrooms
Start-up collateral: Destined to be one of the nation's top sunroom manufacturers, All Seasons Sunrooms has begun soliciting for new dealers. Paul J. Hughes was hired through GRANDESIGN to write all the collateral material. This kit includes an introductory letter from the President, a two-sided 6 x 11 card with a perfed mail back reply card, a 4-color display piece, a final note incentive folded card and various application materials.
All Seasons Sunrooms is a new manufacturer based in Lexington, Kentucky. GRANDESIGN(sic) is an advertising graphic design firm.

Centre College
The recruitment department at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky asked Paul Hughes to photograph summer interns for forthcoming collateral material.

House of Commons Films
A work-in-progress video documentary about the history of the Wyoming Big Horn and a Wyoming historian who has collected and restored frontier buildings. Black and White stills and color transparencies were shot for inclusion in the video and accompanying book as well as project promotions for House of Commons. As of Summer 2005, six trips have been made to Wyoming for this extensive project. For a detailed look, see the AMERICAN WEST link in the SEARCH box on the home page. Paul Hughes also assists House of Commons various projects on a consulting basis.

Alfresco Pasta
Web site & corporate collateral: Alfresco Pasta serves restaurants and other commercial food accounts in an 8 state area. We have captured the production of fine pasta manufacturing in a state of the art facility. Crab ravioli, low carb fusilli, pesto gnocchi, fettuccine and more have been photographed in production from the blending of ingredients to the final table service.

ARI - New Jersey
Magazine editorial photography: When ARI of New Jersey was involved in the sales of new vehicles to the Tennessee Valley Authority, Paul Hughes shot photos of the ARI representative with Chattanooga TVA members for an upcoming national business magazine.

Genie Walker
A jazz performer from Pittsburgh, PA...Genie Walker debuts her new CD soon. Paul Hughes and crew shot a full day with makeup and props on a tropical motif set for the complete CD project. Medium format, film.

Venture Inward Magazine
Paul J. Hughes' stock photo titled "Zipper" was used for the inside front cover of this bi-monthly full color international magazine. The photo depicts a spinning fair ride shot on Fuji Provia 100 transparency film. And: inside front cover; ice and snow in trees at Carter Caves, Kentucky. See this shot on the HOME page. It is the opening snow photo on the slide show.

It's Just Lunch
Just landed! It's Just Lunch is a national franchise dating service for busy professionals with over 60 locations. Paul J. Hughes was retained as Public Relations councel responsible for handling all media releases and and media purchases in the Nashville area. To date, the franchise company based in San Diego, is responsible for just over 10,000 marriages. Not bad!

Hazleton Live! CD
"Kings of Instruments" refers to a dual instrument concert. Renowned theatre organist Tom Hazleton performed live on a Moller Opus 11, 192 and on an Allen MDS 317 for this double CD issue.
Photography and CD liner notes were created by Hughes for this release. View the work under the "Featured Work" section of this web site.

Cravens Video L.A.
Ken Cravens - Los Angeles director hired Hughes to shoot stills for a 2003 summer music video release for the rock band SOULUS. A very industrial look required our recommendation of several film types and locations to achieve the desired effect. You can view some of the stills by navigating to the HOME page and selecting the Nashville/Music selection in the search box.

Scene Magazine - Nashville
Feature photo of engraved tree trunk stone "Our Father" by Paul Hughes for Father's Day feature