Event Coverage
Festivals, conferences, car shows, tourism events, community programs, and public-facing experiences.
The production arm of Message Matters Co.
Production with a point of view.
Driven by Story creates event coverage, brand visuals, Route 66 storytelling, and content assets that support the bigger strategy behind Message Matters Co.
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Not just coverage.
Images and short-form content designed for promotion, recap campaigns, social proof, galleries, sponsors, and future sales.
Images and short-form content designed for promotion, recap campaigns, social proof, galleries, sponsors, and future sales.
What Driven by Story produces.
Every project is built around what the images are actually for. Not just what happened, but how it gets used.
Brand Content
Photography and short-form visuals that show the people, place, process, and energy behind the business.
Route 66 Storytelling
Americana-forward visual work for the Mother Road, centennial coverage, roadside culture, and tourism campaigns.
Built for the Mother Road.
Route 66 is the signature lane: people, movement, cars, towns, history, and atmosphere. This work gives the brand a recognizable visual world that larger tourism, event, and lifestyle partners can understand fast.
For the past four years, Mindy has been hired to photograph the International Mother Road Festival and Abe Lincoln Car Show, documenting recognized Route 66 gatherings in Illinois.
Use the interactive map to jump directly to featured Route 66 events, galleries, and partner/event pages. Each marker is a live link built for quick discovery.
Proof that feels alive.
The strongest visuals carry place, people, emotion, and use value.
People
Character and community.
Character and community.
Energy
Moments built for reach.
Moments built for reach.
Atmosphere
The world around the story.
The world around the story.
Portfolio + YouTube
Broader galleries, reels, and behind-the-scenes content.
International Mother Road Festival
Full event coverage, atmosphere, crowd moments, and promotional-ready images.
Route 66 Film Festival
People, place, and the creative energy behind the event.
The person behind the camera
Mindy Pastrovich
Four years of documented Route 66 work. Decades of event, portrait, and brand photography. Mindy does not just show up and shoot. She understands what the images need to do and builds the session around that from the start.
That is what makes Driven by Story different from a photographer for hire. The strategy is already built in.
Brand Bridge
Two lanes to build your brand stronger.
Message Matters Co. clarifies what a business needs to say. Driven by Story creates the visuals that make people feel it, remember it, and act on it.
Message Matters Co.
Strategy, message direction, content planning, offer clarity, coaching, and business-first positioning.
Driven by Story
Photography, video, event coverage, brand visuals, recap assets, and production that gives the strategy something to move through.
Let's build visuals that keep working.
Now booking selected event coverage, Route 66 projects, brand production, and creative partnerships.
Event coverage starting at $750. Brand content starting at $595. Route 66 and tourism partnerships by proposal.
Email: messagemattersco@gmail.com
Phone: (217) 556-1929
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