International Live Event Association STAR Awards Event I woke up Friday morning hearing about a spring blizzard that would hit Minnesota that night. Being a true Minnesotan, I thought little of the warnings and moved on with my day. It’s springtime after all. How much snow could we actually get this time of year…? Apparently, aRead more
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How I Create a Composite Image I love taking multiple images and seeing how I can edit them together to create a whole new image! People often ask me ‘how in the world did you do that?’ To answer that question in detail takes a long time. It also has a lot of, ‘I’m not reallyRead more
When you have photos of someone who has passed I never really know what to do when death comes knocking on someone’s door I know. I don’t know if anyone truly knows the right thing to do at times like that. Each situation is so different. We want to help, hug, feed, cry, console, screamRead more
Women are not perfect enough, and men have no opinion, are the sad differences about how they each personally feel about having their own photo taken. I’ve been a photographer for a long time. I’ve photographed many different body types, and have seen the beauty they each possess. No one body is prettier than another.Read more
Rangefinder Magazine Annual Photography Contest 2017 I’m always looking at different photography competitions to enter. It’s fun to see if anything I’ve created is loved by someone other than me. I’m very picky about the companies, magazines, or galleries I submit to. Some are just out to make a buck. Those I avoid. Rangefinder MagazineRead more
Corporate Team Building Done Right It’s always fun to see the different ways companies come up with to do a team building event or meet and greet event. I’ve photographed cook outs, fancy dinners, extravagant parties with live animals and face painting, (yes, that really happened) private concerts, boat rides, golf, baseball games, stadium tours,Read more
Maxim Magazine event at Aria Minneapolis for Indian Motorcycle and XGames Friday, July 14, 2017 – Minneapolis, MN I love anything with motorcycles, music, art, and sports. Put them all together in one spot and I’m a happy, happy girl. So, when Maxim Magazine called me saying they had a job that involved Indian Motorcycles,Read more
2017 Basilica Block PartyJuly 7-8, 2017 Cities 97 – Basilica Block Party – Minneapolis, Minnesota Every year, since 1995, the Basilica of Saint Mary church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, throws an enormous fundraiser to help pay for the structural restoration of the building in the form of a massive music festival. It is fun. It isRead more
Shoot and Share Contest 2017The results are in! And I’m a top 10 finalist! Every year, there’s a super fun photo contest that the company Shoot and Share put on. It takes hours and hours and hours of my life away from what I’m supposed to be doing online, and I don’t mind one bit!Read more
Minnesota Awesome Tee Shirt PhotoshootLove tee shirts that showcase your state’s iconic symbols and sayings? I love Minnesota. I’m a born, raised, and probably die in Minnesota, woman. So, when a tee shirt company called Minnesota Awesome needed a photographer for their clothing line, I was jumping up and down with excitement! These tee shirtsRead more