Space Shuttle Imagery, and more...

 

My name is James (Jimmy) Brown. I currently live in Covington, Georgia, roughly 40 miles east of Atlanta. I've been employed at the State Crime Lab Medical Examiner's Office, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, as a Forensic Photographer for 20 years. I have been happily married for 10 years ( Sarah ), and have 3 beautiful daughters ( Ashlynn, Hannah, and Sydney ).

I became interested in photography when I was 15. My parents bought me a camera that year for Christmas, a Minolta X-370. Years later, after I graduated high school, I attended Gwinnett Technical Institute, where I received a 2 year Associates Degree in Commercial Photography. It was during this time I got a job with the GBI, where I still work today.

I have always had an interest in aviation and space photography. My first shuttle launch was STS-26, where I watched from the Nasa Causeway. It was an amazing experience. Still, I needed to get closer to the action. My third launch was STS-32. A friend of mine had an extra VIP pass and invited me to watch the launch with him from that location. It was much closer than the Causeway, but I still wanted to get even closer.

A few years later, I made it to the KSC Press Site as a photographer for a Titusville Florida spaceflight publication, Space Launch News. I was finally able to set up remote cameras. My first attempt worked, although the set up itself was a bit crude. Still, I was happy and knew that with time and experience, things would get better.

Today, I shoot launches for the Sanford Herald in Sanford Florida. I have had several photos appear in magazines, websites, and newspapers over the years, including The Georgia Peace Officer, The Sanford Herald, Space Launch News, Popular Photography, Aviation Week and Space Technology, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Collectspace, CNN, Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day, Florida Today, National Geographic, and National Geographic's "Your Shot".

 Photos printed in books include, "Relics of the Space Race" by Russell Still, and "Forensic Photography: Importance of Accuracy" by Sanford Weiss.

 

   

The Front Page of The Sanford Herald, following the STS-124 launch.

 

My first magazine cover.

 

 

 

National Geographic Special Space Issue, November, 2008. My first photo ever in National Geographic.

The issue above can be found here on the internet.

 

Shelly Smith (l), Myself, and Peter Grom (r) at the STS-124 Launch.