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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.
I am happy to announce a new way to view products on my main website page. The list is too big for me to go into here but we offer almost any product you can imagine for photographs. Click this link to view the catalog. I put together a few items to show you some...
I had a senior shoot with a very lovely lady this past week. We started in the lobby of the Quality Suites hotel on Lansing’s Westside and then moved to Cooley Gardens and, later, the bridge on Shiawassee. Cooley Gardens seemed like a popular spot for senior pictures in Lansing. There were three or four...
I am excited to recently be approved as a provider of services for the Michigan Film Commission. Michigan offers film-makers a 40 percent tax rebate for films shot in the state. As a result several new films are shooting in Michigan. “Youth in Revolt” was shot partly in Interlochen. I saw the film crew out...
I thought I would share this story with you even though it isn’t photography related. As a young man I was always interested in comic strips. Two of my favorites were Calvin and Hobbes and Peanuts. I read the first Calvin and Hobbes back in the eighties. I loved that strip. I wanted to know...
(images of the house interior are taken from the HGTV website and were not taken by me) Carter Oosterhouse came home to Traverse City and did a complete makeover of Elise Campbell’s home in Traverse City . Elise’s mother was featured because she is a single mom of three who took on an additional three...
Michael Moore and Jeff Garlin recently announced the Traverse City comedy festival. I have volunteered as a photographer for the past three years at the film festival and I have seen it grow considerably in that amount of time. I will also volunteer to photograph the comedy festival. I have always enjoyed watching movies and...
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