Mike Sroka is a highly respected photographer, author and educator. Originally from the Chicago area, he is now based in Victoria, British Columbia. His specialty is editorial and corporate photography "on location". For more than 25 years he has been producing photographs for major corporations, ad agencies, and magazines throughout North America.

With a portfolio that includes high energy subjects such as auto racing and rodeo, he is the author of the book "Snowbirds - Behind the Scenes With Canada's Air Demonstration Team." It is an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. For three years he traveled and flew with the Snowbirds as a Squadron Photographer. The book is published by Fifth House Ltd.

Mike's fine art work can be found in several collections. His landscapes of the American Southwest, funded by a major Canadian grant, were the basis for a successful public exhibition, two major magazine features, and a corporate mural project. His portraits of the Siksika Blackfoot were used for a calendar, poster series, book cover, and gallery exhibition.

He was also the senior photography instructor at the Alberta College of Art & Design and has taught at the University of Calgary, Camosun College, and Western Academy of Photography.

Mike continues to do commercial assignments, workshops and public speaking. He is also working on two new books. One of them, "Canada: One Photographer's View" is a look at the people and places that make Canada such a special place to visit and live.

Snowbirds - Behind the Scenes With
Canada's Air Demonstration Team