Our Studio

Ithaca photographer Jon Reis founded the studio in 1982. Over the years the studio has grown from a modest, one-person operation to employ a dynamic and knowledgeable staff of five, including two professional photographers and three on-staff digital photo-retouching experts, with additional photo and digital production assistants hired as needed. The studio is located in the historic Home Dairy building on the Ithaca Commons in central New York in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region. Its staff photographers can accommodate both in-studio and on-location photographic needs, and are equipped with both high-resolution digital camera equipment and film. The studio houses a continually growing collection of over 15,000 stock images that cover a wide range of subject matter. In addition to our photographic and digital services, the studio also offers expert graphic design services to a variety of clientele, including Cornell University.

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About Jon Reis: After graduating with a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1972, Jon began his commercial photography career at the Ithaca Journal Newspaper. From 1978 to 1982, he served as staff photographer at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. In 1982, he set up the JRP+D Studio while simultaneously serving as photography instructor at Cornell University and Ithaca College.  Jon has been awarded a documentary art photography grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and two Light Work / Community Darkroom Grants (Syracuse, NY).

Jon is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers, the Ithaca Downtown Partnership, the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, the Tompkins County Strategic Tourism Planning Board, the Community Art Partnership, and the Greater Ithaca Art Trail.

About Gary Hodges: Gary attended Buffalo State College and Temple University’s Tyler School of Art.  In 1979 he worked as a custom black and white printer in NYC and later freelanced while working at photo retailing in Binghamton and Ithaca, NY. In 1993 Gary joined Jon Reis Photo + Design as a staff photographer and studio manager.