Mike Killian | Return of the Hounds: Alumni Masterclass+Festival (2024)

Freelance Aerospace & Aviation Photojournalist

Masterclass Presentation:“Independent Photojournalism & Media Promotion in the Digital World”

I’ve been a full-time aerospace photojournalist now for over 11 years covering America’s space programs & military / civilian aviation, producing articles, photos / videos, stories & other media for a wide range of publishers, from magazines to online & print news outlets, to the occasional documentary, TV show & national mainstream news media.

I’m a writer as much as a photographer! But my focus is on space launch and aerial air-to-air photography, producing unique views on the ground and in the sky to help tell the stories & spark people’s imaginations & curiosity.

My assignments over the years have brought me onboard NASA’s Space Shuttles, front row for launches to other worlds, in clean rooms with Mars rovers, working and flying with the USAF & D-Day Squadron in Normandy for the 74th and 75th anniversaries of D-Day, flying on rocket launch security missions with the USAF (to date the only photojournalist to do so), and intercepted a total solar eclipse with the US Navy in 2017. I also worked as a team aerial photographer for Breitling Jet Team in 2016 across Canada and the United States on their American Tour.