About Todd Rundstrom
Self portrait at the Golden Gate Bridge, October 31, 2019.
I am the World’s Greatest Photographer!
Well, At least I think I am ;-)
It’s a state of mind that I bring to every assignment I’ve had, every portrait I’ve created, every wedding I’ve captured, practically every photograph I’ve taken for more than 35 years.
Whether I am creating images for a Fortune 500 company on location in another state or taking pictures of sunsets from my yard for myself, I always want to create the best possible picture I can.
After all, that is what Photography is all about: capturing that one fraction of a second that sums everything up into somehting you can hold in your hand and look at forever - a photograph.
I’m always striving to improve the picture I am taking, whether by changing my position or angle, lens or lights, how I interact with my subjects, the time of day or of time of year that I capture an image.
I fell in love with photography in Australia in 1988 and my love affair with the art and science of photography has never stopped growing.
It doesn’t matter the camera or the platform, I’ve used them all and I’ve loved them all. From my first 35 mm point and shoot that I took with me Down Under, to disc cameras and 110 cameras in the 1980’s, polaroids, disposable cameras, 35mm Canon AE1 SLR, Pentax K-1000 SLR, medium format Haselblad and Mamiyas that used 120 roll film, 12 exposures per roll. Large format view cameras with 4 x 5 inch negatives - those were sweet cameras! Then switch to digital around the turn of the century. Those gave way to mirrorless cameras and most recently, iPhones. Give me a camera and I’ll start taking pictures. It’s what I do. It’s what I love. It is my number one passion.
It’s who I am.
striving to be The World’s Greatest Photographer Every Day.
Todd RUndstrom
Award-Winning, CENTRAL-NEBRASKA BASED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
Providing Professional Photography Services For Over 35 Years.
Todd Rundstrom has been a professional photographer since 1989. He has been a photographer for The Kearney Hub and The Kansas City Star newspapers. In addition to his personal photography work, he also works for News Link, a Lincoln, Nebraska-based company, as a Corporate Photojournalist. He works with some of America’s top companies including Conagra, Kelloggs/Kellanova, Union Pacific, and BNSF Railroad.
Todd’s diverse skill set is evident in his portraiture, commercial work, advertising and nature photography.
Todd was born and raised in Kearney, Nebraska. His passion for photography began in 1988 when he spent a year abroad as a Rotary Exchange Student to Australia. Knowing he was visiting places and meeting people he might not see again, he found photography to be a great way of documenting experiences and preserving memories.
Todd playing with his younger sister Tracy in 1975.
Exchange student life: sailing on the Great Barrier Reef drinking Fosters beer with Wayne Levings from South Africa in 1989.
Whether creating photographs close to home or far away, Todd is always in search of capturing the color, beauty, and awe that is present in the natural world around us. He strives to preserve these fleeting moments in photographs that can be viewed and enjoyed forever.
Mom Lynn, Dad Jim, Todd and dog Hooter. December 1971.
Todd on the drums (his Christmas present from Santa) with cousin Trent on guitar in January, 1982.
After graduating from the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale in 1998 and working for the Kansas City Star newspaper as a commercial photographer, Todd returned to Kearney in 2006.
His photos have been published countless times and can be found in private and public collections around the world.
Todd at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
What I’m reading now / April 2024
Job / The Bible ~ King James Version
Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins
Elon Musk - Walter Isaacson