About Wes Shinn
Creative technologist
For the kingdom
Two and a half decades of telling stories with every tool I could get my hands on, and one conviction behind all of it: each one can carry hope.
About Wes
I picked up my first camera long before anyone was talking about artificial intelligence. Two and a half decades later, I'm still doing what I set out to do: find the detail that carries a story, and tell it in a way that reaches the person on the other side. I'm a creative technologist, and I love using technology to impact God's kingdom.
Along the way I've told stories through every medium I could reach. Ten years as a U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer and photojournalist taught me to see clearly when it mattered most. Hundreds of weddings taught me that every person has a story worth telling well. Building three software platforms from the ground up taught me that a website or an email can welcome someone as warmly as a handshake.
I don't see any of those mediums as lesser. A photograph, a film, a website, an email, a printed piece, a social post: each one is an open door. Now AI has opened another. Used well, it doesn't replace the storyteller. It clears away the busywork so people can spend their time on what only people can do.
That's the heart behind everything I make. Technology is a gift, and I want to use it with integrity, creativity and care, so the message of God's love reaches further than it ever could before.
How I help
Today I consult with and advise businesses and ministries of every size on using digital media and AI with purpose. The tools keep changing. The goal doesn't: know your people, tell the truth well, and use every tool to serve them better.
Finding your story. Clarifying what makes you different and how to say it in a way people remember.
Building an AI-ready content workflow. Choosing the right tools, shaping them around your voice, and training your team to use them well.
Connecting your channels. Making your website, email, social media, print and video tell one story instead of five disconnected ones.
Designing systems that last. Automations and processes that save time without making you sound automated.
Advising leaders. Separating the hype from what will actually move your work forward.
What I bring
Two and a half decades in digital media, photography and film
Ten years as a U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer and photojournalist
World Top 10 Off-Camera Flash Photographer
MS in Digital Marketing, Full Sail University
Three production software platforms built from the ground up
FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilot
If you're wondering how AI and digital media fit into your story, I'd love to talk. Let's make something that matters.
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