I was born and raised in Oconomowoc, WI on a small hobby farm. My love of the outdoors had inspired me to start photographing my surroundings at a very young age. I started photographing with a little 110 mm point and shoot camera (remember those?!) and showing my work at fairs. I started earning awards such as the Eastman Kodak Award. By high school I had bought my own SLR Olympus camera and started taking darkroom and black & white photography classes. I attended the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse focusing on Mass Communications with an emphasis in...more
