Like a lot of photographers my passion for photography was reignited with the birth of my daughter thirteen years ago. Up until the time she was seven or eight she had a camera pointing at her constantly. I’d imagine that wasn’t always easy and at some point she decided she’d had enough. Any time the...
I’ve been doing a lot of studying over the last few years and all the hard work finally paid off when I opened a letter from Professional Photographers of America this month telling me I was now officially a Certified Professional Photographer! Only 3% of photographers nationwide and 50 in the state of Illinois have...
This is Claire, our new puppy! She’s a Miniature Australian Shepard who came home with us today. Isn’t she cute? My daugher’s in love and won’t let her out of her sight. Getting her to go to school without her on Tuesday is going to be tough…
I just recently got back from The University of Northern Iowa where I had the opportunity to spend a week learning from Gary and Pam Box, one of the top senior photography teams in the country! Spent the week eating dorm food and pretending I was in college again. What a blast! I also got...
My daughter, Emma, bought a new rabbit last weekend. Before we let her buy it we made her promise a whole bunch of stuff including that she’d be responsible for taking care of the bunny, and the dogs, and the fish, etc. etc. At the last minute I also managed to negotiate the use of...
