I’ve been taking photos for as long as I can remember. I got my first real camera as a high school graduation gift: a Nikon FE (film) that lasted me 25 years. As a young education reporter at two small Wisconsin newspapers, my duties included taking photos (as well as developing the film and printing the photos -- yes, I’m dating myself here!). I won a photography award for a model rocket launch at a local school. As I moved on to bigger newspapers that had separate photography departments, I stopped taking photos and focused on reporting, then editing. But I never lost my love of photography and continued taking photos every chance I had. When my film camera finally died (and they no longer made the parts to fix it), I went digital with another Nikon, which lasted almost 13 years. I’m now on my third and fourth Nikons.

 

When my daughter, McRae, played Little League Baseball, I started chronicling the team's adventures through photography, sharing all my photos with the parents. When she started playing soccer, I became the team photographer for the O’Bryant School of Math and Science varsity team and South End Soccer's SCORES team. I have also photographed many of the O’Bryant School's other sports. 

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I have started doing portraits, practicing relentlessly on my daughter (please forgive all the shots of her in the Portrait Gallery!). I have recently joined ranks with LightFlex Studios, where I am doing some event work and weddings. With all of this background, I felt I was ready to take the leap and start my own photography business and I hope you will join me on this journey!