I’m a commercial and editorial portrait photographer and documentary filmmaker based in central Illinois adept at making authentic and relatable storytelling images, listening, collaborating, exploring, discovering and delivering.

I relate easily to real people in real situations and can be counted on to be one of the tallest people in the room, and the one with a positive attitude.

Central Illinois has always been my home (need to know anything about Abraham Lincoln or Route 66?) and I live here with my wife, a cat and four bicycles. Now that our two daughters are on their own, I’m often exploring much of Illinois on one of those bikes, and always with a camera.

I’d like to hear your story and create the images that will convey it to others.

Mobile phone: 217-414-5349 Email: rich@richsaal.com

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