A lifelong Helena resident, Studio Owner/photographer Robert Clarkson, has over 40 years experience as a portrait, public relations, and commercial product photographer. He is an internationally published media photographer.
He has been active in the 'international photographer's elite' The American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP New York City, Manhattan).
He received many awards and certificates in recognition of his photographic skill.
For a number of years Clarkson was the Official Show Photographer for the Society of American Magicians International Magic Entertainment Conventions held at theaters in major U.S. cities. He produced photographs for Helena's Community Grandstreet Theater's promotional purposes and historical record during it's first year in operation. Also he has photographed many other events, entertainment productions, political events, and beauty pageants in the community where he resides.
His biography has been published in several of the prestigious Marquis "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World" books. Recently Clarkson was honored as a "Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award" Recipient.
During the 1980's he was one of the media photographers selected to be a digital technology image evaluator for the Kodak Corporation.
In 2002-3 Clarkson Studio converted from chemical film processing exclusively to digital imaging and digitally enhanced portraiture, archiving the images upon CDR disks.
He frequently has been invited to lecture about ethics, composition, lighting, and PhotoShop Technique classes at the local liberal arts college and in local Public Schools.