Gregg Hejna

"Pricing For Maximum Profit"

For more than 25 years, the name Gregg Hejna has been a fixture on the photography scene in Kansas City.

Gregg began part time in his basement in 1980, photographing weddings part time and became a full time photographer, moving into his first storefront studio in1984. His current studio (his fourth) is a full service studio located in the historical district of Downtown Parkville, sitting along the Missouri River, located just minutes from the center of Kansas City. The studio, in a 118-year-old building (designated an historical landmark and purchased by Gregg and his wife in 1999) now photographs seniors, families and children, but Gregg's first love still remains weddings.

The studio underwent a re-birth in 1999, when, as Gregg puts it "I simply burned out. Everything had become a struggle and I just felt we were getting nowhere." At the suggestion of Wayne Haub, president of H&H, Gregg contacted Jerry Bryan, nationally known studio designer from San Diego.

""When we redesigned the studio," Gregg says, "we had the opportunity to begin looking at things in a totally different way. The possibilities seemed endless"

The studio now has three full time employees and four part time employees and, through Gregg's marketing efforts, stays busy year 'round.

Gregg's studio was one of the early converts to digital photography. "I bought one of the first S1's to come out and I haven't looked back since." The studio has been totally digital since early 2001 and has been proofless since 2002.

Gregg is a much sought after speaker for his expertise in wedding photography and album design as well as his marketing and business skills and is a regularly featured lecturer for H&H Color Lab's H&H University.

A St. Louis native and die-hard baseball fan, (please don't mention the Boston Red Sox). Gregg lives in the northern suburbs of Kansas City with his wife, Mary, a morning radio personality for KFKF-FM, the number one rated country music station in Kansas City. When he's not in the studio, Gregg can usually be found in the kitchen pursuing his favorite hobby, cooking. An avid vinophile, Gregg has an extensive wine collection and is well known in local culinary circles for this love and knowledge of wine. Their daughter, Alexis, a student at Northwest Missouri State University, is in her senior year pursuing a degree in broadcast operations and management. She is currently the Production Directory for KNWT, the campus television station. A musician for 40 years, Gregg is currently at work on his latest project, a set of royalty free music CDs for wedding and senior slide shows he hopes to complete in the fall of this year.