Kristin and I recently launched our freelance website, MacklerMedia.com. You should check it out.

About MacklerMedia:

MacklerMedia is a partnership between photojournalists Chris Mackler and Kristin Eberts. Both have recently graduated from Ohio University, earning Bachelor of Science degrees in Visual Communication, majoring in photojournalism.

Chris is a freelance photographer in the Southeast Missouri area; Kristin is a Staff Photographer for the Southeast Missourian. Chris and Kristin’s work has been published in The Post (Athens, Ohio), College 101 magazine, The Elkhart Truth (Elkhart, Ind.), the South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Ind.), The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), The Muskegon Chronicle (Muskegon, Mich.), The Associated Press, Roady’s Hometown Truck Stop Magazine, and the Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Mo.)

We are currently accepting work in the Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri region and beyond. We specialize in photographing weddings, portraits, sports, events, and music/bands. If you have a photographic need we look forward to hearing from you!

Long time no post. I drove down to Nashville on Saturday to cover flood relief. Hope to spend more time down there later on in the week. Residents sure lived up to Tennessee’s motto of being the volunteer state.
After the water level reached to over 20 feet in intersection of Todd Preis Drive and Sawyer [...]

I was recently featured in NPPA’s new blog, “The Visual Student,” talking about my experiences during my internship at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Thanks Kevin!

Some fun at an annual event where they light up six hot air balloons at dusk.

Mike Peiffer holds open a hot air balloon named The Tinker-Too to let the air in at the Balloon Glow held on the grounds of the Brucemore Mansion on Thursday, June 25, 2009. The event was part of the Freedom [...]

Three Dog Night came to the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival over the weekend. It’s always fun shooting bands with sweet concert lights, let alone old(er) rockers trying to be hip.

Danny Hutton (left) and Cory Wells (right), of the band Three Dog NIght, perform during the Classic Rock Concert Night at the Freedom Festival held at [...]

Last week, after two of my shoots had been rained out, I was assigned to shoot buildings in downtown Cedar Rapids to put into our new online banner. At first glance, this might seem like a typical “intern assignment.” But there was good light, so I strolled around and I had freedom to shoot basically [...]

Yesterday I shot a rubber duck race. I must admit, seeing over 14,000 rubber ducks bobbing up and down in the Cedar River was pretty adorable – and fun to shoot.

Rubber ducks are released off of the Third Avenue Bridge into the Cedar River during the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race presented by the Cedar [...]

So I’ve been shooting a lot of sports lately. The other night I shot soccer, which I haven’t shot in years. I think I got a pretty cool image out of it.

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Zach Brunscheen grabs the shirt of Iowa City West’s Alan Bedell as they both go after the ball in the second [...]

Brooklyn, IA

Drivers practice maneuvering through figure eights before the opening-day races at Brooklyn Raceway in Brooklyn, IA on Saturday, May 9, 2009. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).

Kelly Ellis helps daughter Katie Goetzinger, 6, (both of Brooklyn) plant tomatoes in the family garden located off of Spring Street in Brooklyn, IA on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The family [...]

The Gazette has a monthly segment called “Coffeetown” where the paper profiles a randomly selected town within the circulation area with a couple of stories and photographs, and then invites the town to lunch with Gazette Employees. This month’s coffeetown was Brooklyn, IA. While shooting locals gardening, I saw people jumping out of planes. I [...]