I'm mostly a photographer who lives near Lake Michigan in the Milwaukee, WI area.I work as a "Digital Asset Manager / Photographer" at UW-Milwaukee and travel the midwest on the weekends and holidays.
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I’m pretty excited about this 1st place winner in the UPAA MIC this past month. I was confident it would do well, I’m pretty attached to the photo and I enjoyed taking it. When we scouted the location we were expecting another typical lab. The plant growing area turned out to be beautifully lit and full of possibilities. I knew what I wanted to do right away. One hurdle, though, was the space. It was only big enough for one person. Luckily I love these challenges. For this shot I jammed by camera in to the corner on a boom and tethered it to my laptop where I could fire it off remotely. I displayed what the camera was seeing using LiveView and stood right next to the researcher, Ching-Hong Yang, where I could give him directions and move him in the frame. I love it.
As always, check out all of this month’s winners: http://www.upaa.org/mic-archived-galleries/october-2011
Two of my photos placed this month in the University Photographers’ Association of America (UPAA) monthly image competition and I am thrilled! My photo of Lupe Fiasco taken at this year’s Pantherfest placed second in the news, spot, & feature category. The team photo of the women’s basketball team standing in the shape of a heart (their team motto this year is “one team, one beat”) placed third in the sports features & illustrations category. Take a look at the rest of this month’s winners: http://www.upaa.org/mic-archived-galleries/september-2011
I finished strong in the final round of this academic year’s University Photographers’ Association of America (UPAA) Monthly Image Competition. For images taken in the month of May 2011, two of my photographs placed! What a great way to end the school year! My photograph of the UWM Triathlon Club riding near Bradford Beach placed 4th in the “Sports Features” category and my portrait of Susan Barnett at the Harley-Davidson Museum took 3rd in the “People & Portraits” category. I can’t wait for the competition to start up again this fall, I have plenty of great images to enter from the summer months. Check out the May 2011 MIC Winners gallery here.
