At Straw Hat Visuals
we try to create the highest quality dynamic web and media content by combining high definition video, magazine quality stills and broadcast quality audio to tell stories. This means you not only get amazing web ready content, but you also get the highest quality stills for use in print publishing as well as video content which can be used for other promotional and editorial needs. In a world where reaching your audience requires you to think in new and creative ways, Straw Hat Visuals is dedicated to using the best tools to deliver your message and define you as a company or publication.
Bill Frakes
Bill Frakes is a Sports Illustrated Staff Photographer based in Florida.
He has worked in more than 125 countries for a wide variety of editorial and advertising clients.
His advertising clients include Apple, Nike, Manfrotto, CocaCola, Champion, Isleworth, Stryker, IBM, Nikon,Canon, Kodak, and Reebok. Editorially his work has appeared in virtually every major general interest publication in the world. Additionally he directs music videos and commercial television spots.
He won the coveted Newspaper Photographer of the Year award in the prestigious Pictures of the Year competition. He was a member of the Miami Herald staff that won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
He has also been honored by the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for reporting on the disadvantaged and by the Overseas Press club for distinguished foreign reporting. He was awarded the Gold Medal by World Press Photo. He has received hundreds of national and international awards for his work.
He has taught at the University of MIami, the University of Florida and the University of Kansas as an adjunct professor and lecturer. During the last five years he has lectured at more than 100 Universities discussing multimedia and photojournalism.
Bill can be contacted at bill@strawhatvisuals.com
Laura Heald
Laura is a pioneer in the integration of high definition video, still photographs and audio into multimedia productions. Laura is a talented film maker, visual storyteller, photographer and reporter who is a rising star in the industry. Her work is regularly viewed by millions on web sites like SI.com.
Laura can be contacted at laura@strawhatvisuals.com