SHORELINES

5 Shor e l i n e S | 2014 Vol :4 shorelines - Published by Alabama Power for the pleasure of our great lake lovers. m i k e B o lt o n Contributing writer Mike Bolton wrote for The Birmingham News for more than 27 years, winning eight Associated Press Sweepstakes Awards for the best sports story of the year in Alabama. His work has appeared in Outdoor Life, Bassmaster Magazine, Buckmasters Magazine, Sporting Classics and other major outdoors publications. His book, "The Complete Alabama Fisherman" has sold more than 20,000 copies. Bi l ly BroW n Contributing photographer Billy Brown, a Birmingham photographer with a passion for image- making, has been creating photographs for more than 25 years. He specializes in people, and his award-winning work covers an extensive range of advertising, editorial and corporate assignments. Clients include Southern Company, Hanes, Saks, Energen, Oracle, Xerox, Verizon and General Electric. His photographs have appeared in many national publications, including Forbes, Dance, Seventeen, Black Enterprise, Ad Week and The Wall Street Journal. nik layman Contributing photographer Nik Layman has lived and worked in Birmingham since 2005. He has shot football from Southeastern Conference sidelines, worked with celebrities and traveled across the state, country and world with his camera. He and his wife, Angela, a makeup artist, enjoy collaborating on fashion and editorial projects. m eG mck i n n e y Contributing photographer Photographer Meg McKinney enjoys the challenge and creativity of capturing life through a lens – from an open- cockpit airplane over Texas skies to underwater in the Cayman Islands. As a full-time staff photographer for Southern Living magazine for 14 years, her assignments covered travel, features and home interiors. McKinney also has taken pictures for corporate clients, including Continental Airlines, Pennzoil and Kellogg, Brown & Root.

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