Chase and Matt are Engaged!

Chase and I have been friends for years and I am thrilled to be shooting her wedding in August.  She and her fiancé, Matt, are such special people and, based on their engagement session, the wedding is going to be a total blast!

Chicago Morning

City view from the Adler Planetarium where I'll be shooting a wedding tomorrow, shot with my iPhone. Have a great weekend!

Chicago’s finest and the yellow wall

Two weeks ago I participated in the Monte Zucker How to Photograph Everyone tour with Clay Blackmore in Chicago.  The class consisted of a 4 hour lecture on Monday night and then an all day Master Class at Calumet on Tuesday.  I was only 2 minutes into the lecture when I was overwhelmed by that [...]

Introducing Chicago Electric Boat Company!

A few weeks ago I took some promotional images for Chicago's newest green company: The Chicago Electric Boat Company!  We had a fun day taking the boats out on the Chicago River and the models were very impressed with the silent, comfortable and zero emissions ride.  No prior boating experience is needed to drive these [...]

Roma: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self

Chapter 10 Trip Dates: January - May, 2003 My exploration of Europe as a sophomore in college had a home base: Rome.  My desire to study abroad and, specifically, to study in Rome was extremely last minute.  I had been planning to go to Miami University's campus in Luxembourg during my Junior year, like most [...]

Puglia: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self

Chapter 9 Trip dates: January 30 - February 2, 2003 Age: 20 It seems that I didn't write a long email or entry about my trip to Puglia, just a list of the locations we visited in this rather whirlwind weekend: Lecce, Otranto, Altamura, Barri, Matera and Alberobello.  Though, despite not having a written narration [...]

March 22nd is World Water Day!

Today is, once again, World Water Day!

Italian and French Rivieras: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self

Chapter 8 Trip Date: April 16 - 21 Age: 20 This past weekend was possibly the most memorable of my weekend trips this semester.  My good friend and sorority sister, Lindsay, is studying in Luxembourg this semester with the program offered by Miami University and, after many months of IMing and emailing over seemingly archaic [...]