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Specializing in weddings, corporate headshots, model Portfolios.
We bring a sense of professionalism mixed with fun to every shoot.
What do you get when you hire me?
You get a commitment to excellence.
I bring my knowlege of photography and years of experience photographing people and working in various lighting situations.
I often work with another photographer who is also a great friend.
You will get the utmost satisfaction of knowing you made a good choice when you see the photos we create.
I am a lifelong learner and lover of art.
I've taken weeklong workshops in woodcarving with Pietro Vinotti and portrait painting with renouned artist, Paul Leveille.
I have met photographers, Bruce Dale, Joe Bussink, and Yervant, as well as, numerous locals who work day-to-day in the field.
I took
a course in photojournalism at Michigan State University. I have a BA
in Public Policy and have studied every subject from Astronomy to
Political Science.
I attended High School with Magic
Johnson, Photographed Michael Moore, Madonna, and Barak Obama and shook
hands with Jack Kevorkian. (yikes on that last one LOL)
I have my photos on book covers by Tanya Anne Crosby, Shauna Granger and, Amanda Leigh Cowley.
My
brother, Steve, won the 2010 National Assocaition of Broadcasters radio
engineering award for his pioneering work in digital broadcast and Mp3
technology.
I've traveled as far away as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and had close encounters with polar bears in Churchill Manitoba.
I have traveled to Maine, New York, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and everywhere in between.
Where do I draw my inspiration?
Mostly from YOU!!
I get inspired by watching you laugh at your engagement shoot and cry at your wedding.
I get inspired by helping you learn to pose as a model or by teaching you how to use a camera as a photographer.
I get inspired by the light as it glides over your face how it looks when it makes the twinkle in your eyes.
I love to capture your moments and I am mindful of the need to deliver a quality product that you will cherish for generations.
Michael Moore recently broadcast an episode of Larry King Live from downtown Traverse City Michigan during the opening party of the Traverse City Film Festival, which he founded along with New York Times bestseller Doug Stanton (Horse Soldiers), Director Larry Charles (Borat) and local photographer, John Robert Williams. I was one of the film festival’s...
Hot! Hot! Hot! That’s how I would describe Michigan’s summer weather. My brother and I have been working out in the hot sun building his deck and garage and as the sun beats down I find myself longing for the beaches of Traverse City. I love the atmosphere in Northern Michigan. I have found some...
Welcome to the wonderful world of off-the-cuff creativity. Joe (actionjoephotography) and I met Samantha Harris and Kyle Gask-Wilson for a photo shoot at McCormick park in Williamston, Mi. I barely remembered this park from my childhood. When I was 12-years-old or thereabouts my friends and I rode our bikes from Lansing’s South-side to Williamston to...
My friend Joe and I met with Ashlyn Malone and her friend Danielle for a fun photo shoot around MSU and East Lansing. We met them downtown and started walking around looking for good locations. Ashlyn had never modeled before so this is her BIG debut. Ashlyn is a student at Michigan State University and...
I loved doing the action movie theme with Samantha and her friends so much that I decided to continue with Gabrielle and Robert. This is part two of the saga. We shot in downtown Lansing and had people stopping us to find out what we were up to. One guy said he couldn’t believe he...
Perry’s JV Softball team played against Williamston Hornets on May 4th. I didn’t check the score at the end of the game but Perry was up 12-6 when I last looked. My friend Joe and I took it upon ourselves to photograph the game. The only problem I had was trying to photograph through a...
As some of you may know I have recently moved to East Lansing from Interlochen. It’s been a slow transition but now that summer is finally approaching I am excited to get out and shoot more. I met Samantha on Facebook and asked her if she like to model as a way of testing new...
I hosted a photography workshop last Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in Traverse City. I was a little nervous because I didn’t know exactly how many people were going to show up or how the workshop was going to run exactly. I started these workshops last summer and the first one only had four models....
Yesterday started out sunny. It looked like a perfect day for a shoot. Leslie Sevenski and I had scheduled this a couple weeks ago and we both were eager to get out on the lake in Interlochen to look for a fishing shanty. The idea we had was to use the shanty in the shoot...
Today I had the opportunity to photograph Katie Millron. She needed some photos to enter the running to be crowned 2010 Queen of the National Cherry Festival. Although the field is very competitive I am sure that our photos are going to help her chances of winning. First prize gets an $8,000 scholarship and a...
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