Paul Conrad is a Seattle-based photojournalist with over 20 years of experience in the field specializing in photojournalism (breaking news, photo essays, portraiture), lifestyle, travel and sports photography. Based in the city of Bellingham just north of Seattle, Wash., he is accepting journalism, editorial, portraiture, lifestyle and travel assignments around the Seattle area and Pacific northwest, including southern British Columbia. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in photojournalism from Western Kentucky University in 2000. Not only did he work as a staff photographer for The Aspen (Colo.) Times, Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle, the Bowling Green (Ky.) Daily News, the Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner, and the College Heights Herald, he freelanced for publications such as The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Associated Press, and many overseas publications. He has won awards in news, sports, features and photo essays from the Colorado Press Association, Kentucky Press Association, and Kentucky News Photographer's Association. He continues to expand his knowledge base by studying multi-media work including video, creating slideshows and basic flashed based web design. Specialties:A strong nose for news, photo editing, photo coaching, location and studio lighting and writing. Also a strong knowledge of Mac platform based computer systems, hardware and applic