Welcome to J Thomas Taylor Photography. I am a Freelance photographer based in Columbia, Missouri. I have been a photographer for over 30 years, working as freelance photographer for the past few years photographing and writing local sports and news stories. My main focus is sports photography, providing images for different media outlets such professional, collegiate and high school sports websites and publications, various news agencies and other related outlets. I have been published online and in print for the StL Sports Central, Columbia Daily Tribune, other Gannett affiliates and other publications. My work for the Columbia Tribune includes high school sports as well as several University of Missouri athletics events such as football, basketball, baseball, and softball. I have also photographed the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame induction, the St Louis Cardinals Caravan, the Norm Stewart and Sophie Cummingham Classics as well as Kansas City Chiefs football. My work for the Columbia Daily Tribune received an Honorable Mention in the Best Sports Photography Dailies Class 2 2022 for the Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.