About

Joey Skibel is a world class photographer and director specializing in the rugged arts of fine art landscape photography, wildlife photography, and outdoor commercial lifestyle photography including photography for military clients. As an artist, Joey is unique for his equal acumen in both the visual and business worlds. Joey began working as a published commercial photographer at the young age of 14 shooting motorcycle product shots for Klemm Research and Cycle News Magazine, a weekly trade journal and never slowed down. His print and motion photography has appeared in global ad campaigns in Digital Photo Pro, Photo District News & Rangefinder Magazine for clients including Pentax/Ricoh, Canon USA, Oliver Peoples, Beyond Clothing, Recoil Magazine, Formatt Hitech Filters, Sunga Life, and the Rhino Rescue Project in Africa, where he spent an extended period in Namibia after he first trekked 1,000 kilometers across a region in South Africa, while serving as director of photography on a film about bringing awareness to the near extinction of the African Rhino. Joey also devotes a portion of his efforts towards fine art gallery print sales of his landscape work shot in exotic locations around the planet.

In addition to cultivating a robust photographic career, Joey has gained 20+ years experience on the manufacturers business side of his craft. Highly technically inclined and fluent in sales, marketing and promotions, Joey has been engaged by multibillion dollar camera equipment corporations such as Canon and Pentax/Ricoh as a Brand Ambassador, consultant, educator, and beta tester for their product launches and promotional campaigns. Among other activities, Joey has worked at every major US photography trade show (and CES) for the past 8 years on behalf of Canon and 3 years Pentax/Ricoh as a product ambassador. He was hired to lead a 3 month/60 city tour for Canon to present the latest camera technologies to its Professional user market. Joey was one of only four top photographers worldwide distinguished as a Ricoh Imaging Ambassador.

An avid sportsman, Joey has been a competitive tennis player and golfer since high school and competitive gun shooter and collector for the past 10 years. Joey is based in Newport Beach, CA with his wife and young daughter near the ocean and close circle of friends in the tactical and business communities.