About Minneapolis Photographer Joe Szurszewski

Minneapolis photographer Joe Szurszewski specializes in photographing news, people, features and sports for editorial, corporate and advertising clients. He is an experienced and accomplished photojournalist with clients in numerous fields, including entertainment, publishing, education, financial services, engineering, government, retail, non-profits and many more. A list of Joe's clients is available, along with testimonials.

With experience in photojournalism and newspapers, Joe is comfortable working on tight deadlines. Want images uploaded to your FTP site immediately after, or even during, the shoot? Or need a disc burned on site before the event has finished? No problem, Joe can do it. Whenever possible, he is happy to accept same-day and next-day assignments.

Joe has a unique take on portraiture. He will come into your office or organization and shoot high-quality individual or group portraits against the backdrop of your choice. Images appear on a wide-screen laptop as Joe shoots, allowing you to make adjustments in pose, expression or anything else. This way, you know that you are getting exactly the portrait you want.

One of Joe's strengths is his facility with digital retouching tools. He can do anything from subtly tweaking the colors of an image to full-blown masking and compositing. When you hire Joe to shoot an assignment, he retouches the best images from the shoot and includes these on disc along with all of the unretouched images. This allows you to immediately use the best images in print or on the web, while still having the freedom to use any image from the shoot.

As a long-time Twin Cities resident, Joe knows the area well. If you need suggestions about shooting locations, where to stay, or where to find the best Vietnamese food, he is happy to help. Joe is centrally located in the vibrant and cosmopolitan "chain of lakes" section of Minneapolis, with easy access to St. Paul and all of the suburbs. Joe also shoots frequently in the rest of Minnesota, including Rochester, Duluth, St. Cloud and many other towns. He also travels to Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota for assignments.

Joe is a member of the National Press Photographer's Association, the American Society of Media Photographers, and Editorial Photographers and he subscribes to these organizations' code of ethics.