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There’s big news for the personal watercraft industry’s most well-known photographer, Ronny Mac. Recently, Ronny (McHenry, aka RonnyMac) was announced as the official photographer of the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) and World Finals. According to the IJSBA’s website, after landing in San Francisco, Ronny went straight to a meeting with the IJSBA, where he immediately got to work rebuilding the group’s website. You can check out the original snippet on the IJSBA’s website HERE.
According to Ronny, he fell in love with photography “purely by accident.” While working with an action sports internet radio talk show, he bought a little point-and-shoot camera so he could grab some nice photos for the show’s website. People loved them, so he upped his game and picked up his first single lens reflex (SLR) camera. He purchased a Canon Rebel 300D, which was the camera that made his photography into an obsession.
Well over a decade later, Ronny has the opportunity to shoot events all over the world and enjoys the lifestyle. We were first introduced to Ronny’s talents back in 2007, while The Watercraft Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief, Kevin Shaw worked as Editor of Personal Watercraft Illustrated. “Ronny was always trying to sell me images from APBA events, but I needed stories to go with them,” Kevin recalls. “It took a lot of coaxing, but I finally pushed him into writing stories and supplying images. After that, Ronny was one of our most reliable contributors.”
Ronny has delved into other aspects of photography as well, such as design work and print media, which talents he has turned into his own brand “RonnyMac”. He was led into this particular realm of photography after the now defunct AWA’s Ride Magazine asked him if he would create an event layout for an issue. In 2011, Ronny partnered with Mike Ratti to launch Pro Rider Magazine. Ronny did the majority of the design work, including the logo and website which are proud accomplishments for him. He spent four years with the group before parting ways.
RonnyMac wanted to make sure people could easily purchase his images so he created ronnymac.com, where he offers introductory packages for riders who simply want him to take shots of them all the way to a team package which includes all the bells and whistles. As for his current position with the IJSBA, we wish Ronny well and look forward to seeing his creative touch on the IJSBA site and great photos as they come in.
