About Us
Michael Hodgson
Adventurer, curious traveler, photojournalist, and lover of gin. I specialize in wildlife, nature, landscape, travel, and street photography. Forever in search of the perfect gin and tonic.
Therese Iknoian
Storyteller, camera bug, wordsmith. Traveling the globe seeking unexpected, immersive travel experiences to share. I specialize in night, abandoned spaces, portrait, travel, food, and street photography.
A dynamic duo
In 2024, Therese Iknoian was named "Photographer of the Year" by the North American Travel Journalist's Association. By our tally, Michael Hodgson finished an (unofficial) second. There is a reason we've been referred to as "the dynamic duo!"
You want compelling, inspiring, expertly crafted images to use in your marketing materials, online, and in publications? Rest assured you'll get them with us. You’ll be working with professional content creators skilled at creating original, multi-media story packages, tailored just for you, on a deadline of your choice. Looking for photo packages? No problem. Our photography expertise lies in landscape, cityscape, street, night, wildlife, candid portraiture, abandoned spaces, and architecture photography, but our enthusiasm and skill can span any of your needs.
Our photographs appear on professional office walls, in art galleries, in museum stores, in print and online publications, and on our travel website (HITravelTales.com). Our photos are regularly sought after by outdoor and travel brands to showcase their products as well as visitors' bureaus and marketing agencies seeking to promote beautiful destinations around the world.
What we do
Licensed images and photography assignments - We are always available to work on assignment for a publication, DMO, brand, outfitter, or agency to provide photography for marketing, story, and promotional needs. You can own the images we shoot, or we can create a customized licensing arrangement. Anything is possible depending on your needs and budget.
Social media - Through our social media channels – Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and LinkedIn – we can provide targeted product and brand promotion that is professional and subtle, but always includes product placement, requested brand tagging, and testimonial from our personal experience.
Content creation - We work closely with our partners (publication editors, brands, agencies, DMOs, and tourism offices) in creating customized content packages that can appear on social channels, blogs, websites, and in printed materials. Content packages can include stories, social posts, photography, and videography.
Accolades
Contact us
We invite you to contact us. We welcome starting a dialogue, whether you want to inquire about licensing some photography, have an idea or some feedback, or you just want to say hello and start a long-term conversation.