Photography has been an ongoing and continuing process of the Teal
Family since the early nineteen hundreds when Eastman Kodak was
instrumental by providing film and professional cameras to start the
Family's business.
Les Teal started his career with a camera at the age of twelve. He worked
in the family business photographing special events and photo lab work. At
the age of 19 he became an Official Photographer for the U.S. Air Force.
Since then Mr. Teal has worked throughout the United States and the
world as a commercial and industrial photographer for the government,
private industry, and educational institutes where he has given lectures,
workshops, and built and managed photographic departments.
When Les Teal attended San Francisco State University learning photo
journalism, he received special training from Life Magazine photographer
Fran Ortiz. Mr. Teals work at NASA as a videographer and TV production
specialist won him an international award for his documentation and
production of a training video. where he retired.
For over fifty-five years Mr. Teals skill with cameras and his creative
lighting techniques have enabled him to record on film everything from
space shuttle landings at NASA, to recording on film, President Bush,and King Faud of Saudi Arabia. He photographed special events, and structures all over the world, including Greece, Paris, The Republic of China,Egypt, and the Middle East.
His photographs and films have been used in annual reports, brochures,
local and international news media, and in house publications. He
continues to freelances in his spare time. Mr. Teal continues to attend
classes and events in video and multimedia production to keep in tune with
this ever evolving state of the art technology.