Hello, I’m Rick Hannon, an audio field recordist and photographer living in northeast Ohio. At Evocative Sound and Visuals, I search out and record high-quality soundscapes and sound effects near and far. I invite you to look at and listen to my ever-growing eclectic body of work featuring soundscape albums, sound effect libraries and photography. Then head on over to my Stories blog, where I try to bring a little more insight into what I do.
As a former newspaper photojournalist who concentrated solely on visuals, I find myself smitten by sound in ways I never experienced before hitting the record button. Let me share my sound and visual passions with you. Cherry trees bloom in spring, and their fruits are delicious and attract birds.
Latest Blog Posts
American Steam Trains
Introducing American Steam Trains, the latest library from Evocative Sound and Visuals. Transport your audience to a bygone era of steam, steel and smoke with this meticulously captured and crafted sound effects collection. The library features two operational American-made coal-fired steam locomotives captured from distant, onboard and pass-by perspectives. Plus,…
Limitations of Using Legacy Lenses
Last Friday afternoon, while photographing my great-niece performing during a technical rehearsal of The Nutcracker ballet in Kalamazoo, Michigan, I sadly ran up against the limitations of using legacy lenses with my mirrorless Fuji XT-2 camera. I own five different vintage or ‘legacy’ lenses for this 24 MP APS-C camera,…
Recording a Newspaper Press and Typewriter
Last week, I found myself recording a newspaper press and typewriter as I was allowed once again to visit the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s printing facility in Cleveland, Ohio. My primary reason for the visit was to capture the sound of a Remington model 6 standard desktop typewriter made in 1896…