Michael Okoniewski, is based in Syracuse, NY, the heart of NY State, less than 2-hours from most regions of the state.

Regular coverage includes: the Adirondacks, Albany, Auburn, Amsterdam, Binghamton, Buffalo, Cortland, Elmira, Geneva, Ithaca, Fulton, Hamilton, Ft. Drum, Lackawanna, Lake Placid, Massena, New York City, Ogdensburg, Oneida, Oswego, Rochester, Saranac Lake, Seneca Falls, Tonawanda, Troy, Utica, Waterloo, Verona, Watertown and Watkins Glen, N.Y. Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, PA. Canadian coverage includes Burlington, Cornwall, Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario.

Strengths include on-location lighting, (from portraiture to sports arenas), digital delivery from remote locations, and people skills that will generate a smile from the most sour-faced C.E.O. Expertise in annual reports, advertising, aerial, deadline, industrial, portrait, people, landscape, digital and commercial photography.

A regular contributor to The NY Times and the Associated Press, Okoniewski has covered major news & sporting events, including the Olympiad in Seoul, Korea, NCAA football & basketball, presidential campaigns, and traveled on two papal tours of the U.S., with Pope John Paul II. Assignments published in USA Today, TIME, NEWSWEEK, & People magazines, The Washington, L.A., & NY Times, and a host of national & international periodicals. He is represented by Getty Images.

Mike is an active member of both the National Press Photographers Association and the American Society of Media Photographers.

Discovery Channel: Three Days on location for pilot "Invention Nation".

J.M. Smuckers Corp:  Portrait sessions with world champion and Olympic figure skaters in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Windmill Farm: Lowville, N.Y. for the New York Times & Scottish Power.

George Carlin: Portrait session with comedic legend in Buffalo, NY for the New York Times.

San Francisco: Wedding and four day motorcycle tour of California!

St. Anselm College: 6-days in Athens, Greece and the Island of Crete covering student archeological digs.

Verizon Corporation: Pro soccer at Giants Stadium in the NJ Meadowlands and a Latino Salsa Music festival at Carnige Hall in NYC.

Powder Magazine: Skiing soldiers of the 10th Mt. Division.

The Wall St. Journal: Co-op babysiting.

"America 24-7": One of the select pro photojournalists hired to participate in the one-week documentation of America for the book project.

New York State and HSBC Bank: 25th Silver Anniversary Edition of the Olympic-style, 28-sport, amateur athletics Empire State Games.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Union member training hunting dogs.

12-days of rides, games, goats, cows, politicians, and entertainment at the annual Great New York State Fair.

Cider making in Layfayette, NY.

Finger Lakes Wineries.