About ROC THE PHOTO / ROC THE PHOTO | Rochester, NY

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MEET THE TEAM

ROC THE PHOTO's Team

The ROC THE PHOTO is the essence of our success. Tim manages a team of well-experienced, professional photographers, greeters, assistants, and behind the scenes support to make the session a success.

TIMOTHY J. TOAL

Owner/Photographer

Tim grew up in Ontario, New York, where he still lives today. Home is his grandparent’s farmhouse, shared with his best friend –his wife.

Tim’s first camera was a Christmas gift he received in his teens. While working on the yearbook as a photographer and the photo editor, he got his first taste of photographing school sports teams and has been hooked ever since. In 1990, he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photographic Illustration. He started his photographic career working as a freelance assistant with several commercial photographers. After five years of real-life experience, he opened his own studio. In the past years, Tim has been building his reputation into the fine professional photography studio it is today.

Tim cares passionately about all of the images he creates, especially those captured in the great outdoors. Tim’s love of nature began as a Boy Scout, achieving the honor rank of Eagle. In 1982, he took a six-month sabbatical and successfully hiked the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Maine’s Mount Katahdin. That memorable experience sparked the names for his two kittens—Springer and Katie.

ASHLEY K. LEUER

Production Manager/Photographer

From an early age Ashley was exposed to the medium of photography. Her dad was employed at Eastman Kodak, and it was common in her family to document their lives through images. She enjoyed snapping pictures and staging impromptu photo shoots with the cameras that they often had lying around. After high school, she attended a local community college and it was then that she recognized her desire to become a professional artist. She experimented in a variety of mediums and then transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology where she landed on photography. She graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Professional Photographic Illustration. Soon after she joined the ROC THE PHOTO team, she recognized her interest in working both on the production side of things as well as behind the lens.