Michael Hudson Photography

15/04/2026

In my 36 years as a professional photographer, I’ve shot almost everything you can imagine, but I have the most experience shooting for Healthcare clients, having worked on annual reports, patient testimonial videos, exteriors/ interiors of new hospitals, surgery photos and videos, pediatric photo shoots, spa pictures and videos, cosmetic surgery, social media reels, procedural videos and thousands and thousands of provider headshots. I’ve done it all.

But it was bound to happen… after six years of taking pictures for one of the top dermatology groups in the country, and criss crossing America to create over 1,000 videos for them (1,040 videos and 378 social media reels to be exact), my biggest client let most of their marketing staff go, which also meant that me, as a freelancer, got the boot too. So I’m looking for new clients. I’ve been actively shooting for dozens of healthcare related clients and am very experienced creating photography and video content. If you’re in the business (healthcare systems, hospitals, clinics, spas, cosmetic centers, etc) or know someone else who is, I’d love to help you with your marketing efforts. Message me or visit my website, https://mikehudsonphoto.com/

15/08/2025

Recently a new client asked me to photograph one of the electrical buildings they had constructed alongside a runway at O’Hare Airport. They sent me a picture that one of their electricians had shot, showing the sun rising in the distant sky, and a 747 jumbo taxiing by on the runway. The brief was to photograph the same scene so they could enlarge it to 20 feet wide and hang on their conference room wall.

So yesterday morning, I got up at 4 AM and drove to the airport, bringing a 100 megapixel camera and lenses with me to do the job. One of the electricians met me and we headed out to one of the cargo areas to do the shoot. But what stopped me in my tracks was realizing that the picture they had sent was a sunset picture, not sunrise. So I knew I’d have to do some fancy Photoshop work after the shoot. Also, in the hour I was shooting the building, no cargo planes came down the nearby runway at all. Only a couple smaller commercial jets came in on a distant runway.

But I love shoots like this- getting to go to places under tight security, where the average person never gets to go. We were right by one of the outer runways, and it’s only out there that you realize how vast O’Hare Airport really is.

The first shot is the one that’s going to go on their wall. The second shot is what it looked like in real life before adding a fake sunrise and tidying up the rest of the picture, which included adding more grass since they didn’t like the grass that was there. I don’t like changing things in Photoshop a lot, but when the client requests it, I do it.

“OH WOW!!!! I REALLY LOVE IT 😊 Let me pass it along to the VP and Owners see what they think.

I think it’s INCREDIBLE !!”

Happy client, happy photographer.

03/07/2025

Last night, I walked to my local downtown to see the Wheaton Municipal Band playing their annual 4th of July patriotic concert. I've been attending these free concerts for decades and they never disappoint. The band is well known as being one of the top municipal bands in the country, and this particular concert is always the highlight of their calendar, attracting over 3000 people.

This was shot on the excellent new Fuji GFX 100-megapixel camera- the full size file is so good you can make out almost everyone's faces; the resolution is incredible.

18/11/2023

I've been in downtown Chicago since Wednesday afternoon for a four day photo shoot, photographing a large conference. Lots of seminars and meetings to shoot, etc, etc.

But at night, I've been out flying my drone over the city. I'm a beginner at flying in an urban environment– it's out of my comfort zone, but I've always wished I had the ability to shoot the architecture from a higher vantage point, and the drone gives me that. The plan is to revive this long dormant project I started ten years ago, to artistically photograph the Chicago architecture of glass and steel.

https://www.hudsonfineart.com/chicago-gallery

08/06/2023

June Road Trip 1/3- Central Texas

Just completed one of my busiest two day video/ photo shoots ever for a healthcare client- eight locations spread over two days and almost 300 miles of commuting between them, shooting in suburban Austin and all the way down to Bulverde near San Antonio, and out to Hallettsville in the Texas backcountry, as well as Round Rock, Bee Cave, Cedar Park and Bastrop. Nice getting to see parts of Texas I've never visited before. Heading back home now; should be back Friday night… about 2500 miles round trip, give or take.

22/05/2023

Photographing the Coronation

"It’s not all about the Royal Family or seeing the king and his family. But it’s about witnessing a historical moment in time– an event that will be remembered hundreds of years from now. It’s about being there in person and not watching it on TV from the comfort of your couch. It’s about being a part of a huge crowd all gathered together to witness a joyful occasion. And it’s about the eccentric characters you meet... "

I spent about 30 hours on the streets of London to be at the front of the crowd and see the King's procession go by on May 6th. It was my first Coronation after two royal weddings, and over 100 royal engagements photographed since the 1980's.

12/01/2023

What goes around, comes around...

Back in the 1990's and early 2000's, when I still did weddings, there was no better lab in the country to send my film to than Burrell Color in northern Indiana. For years, there was a regular flow of film and prints back and forth between my office and their lab. So it was pretty cool yesterday to shoot a video interview of the lab's founder and owner, Don Burrell, in his home for another long-time client of mine. For years his smiling face was ever present at the front of every catalog the lab sent me and it was nice to see that he was just as friendly a guy as he always appeared to be. He even showed us his beautiful home and indoor pool. I told him he'd done pretty well, and he thanked me for giving him my business all those years. Then he even told me to look around– and that I had helped him build that big, beautiful home. You're welcome, Don.

25/08/2022

It's been a while since I posted here, but this was hands down my favorite shoot of a very busy and enjoyable summer:

I arrived at the college’s dock ready to go, with cameras, lenses and a drone. An hour later, we disembarked on Great Duck. The island is about 200 acres all together. There is also buried treasure on the island, though that’s another story for another day…

14/01/2022

I thought it'd be interesting to see where my photography took me in 2021. I geotag every photo I take, so it was an easy task to do. The numbers refer to how many pictures I shot at each location. There're about 30,000 pictures represented here, not including about 50,000 I deleted along the way.

The only flight I took was to Maine in October (though I also drove out there in June); I drove to all the other locations.

The second picture is of all the locations in Chicagoland where I had assignments last year.

Next up... Tennessee, Virginia, Minnesota and Florida in the next few weeks.

29/04/2021

Prince William and Kate Middleton, 29 April, 2011.

I've shot a lot of interesting things in 31 years of professional photography, but ten years ago today was one of my favorites– 24 hours on the streets of London, no sleep, very little to eat, a bag of camera gear, a cold night, and taking part in one of the biggest street parties of all time. It was an epic event to witness and photograph.

Watch the video about my experience:
https://vimeo.com/mikehudson/royalwedding2011