I was born and raised in a small town of Northern Minnesota. Photography has always been a huge passion for me since a very early age, I picked up my first camera in 1999 and have been passionate about it ever since. My inspiration for a good portion of my photographs mainly come from nature and all of it's wonderful creatures and living breathing plants of all kinds. Though I also draw inspiration from other things, objects with unique shapes, colors, patterns and textures. As a photographer I enjoy shooting a wide variety of photographs, but I mainly focus on macro, close...more