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Kyla M – Winter Park

Short notice shoots are always fun! I wanted to shoot with photog Patrick for a while now and we both wanted to shoot in the snow and the only day we both could was the next day after we talked about it. So we scrambled to find a model that could come on such short [...]

03.3.10 | Comments 0

Orsburn/Bergum Wedding

My friends parents where getting married and they suggested me to take the photos (I have a feeling this is going to happen a lot lol). They did not need anything special as it was an informal type wedding. I’ve never really shot a wedding so I agreed to gain some experience. And the cool [...]

03.1.10 | Comments 3

Will You Be My Valentines?

I am not a big fan of the whole “valentines” thing, mostly because I don’t have a girlfriend and no one to share my awesome love with…so with all my free lonely time i decided to make this little photo montage of myself for valentines this year. Hope you enjoy :)

02.14.10 | Comments 2

Charlie Jane – Lost Footage

In January of 2010, Two photographers and one model disappeared in the woods somewhere in Wisconsin while doing a photoshoot. The photos and homemade video are the last time they were seen alive…

01.31.10 | Comments 6

Ashley and Lisa – Studio

I want to thank Joshua London for letting us use his studio! It was nice to have a large warm indoor place with tall ceilings to shoot. The original model didn’t show up due to her schedule but luckily the exuberant Ashly was willing to model for us on short notice and she brought her [...]

01.1.10 | Comments 7

Underwater Photoshoot at UWM

My photographer buddy Alvin is from the Philippines so he’s half merman and loves the water. So him living in the wonderful wisconsin he doesn’t have the warm weather and clear water like he is used to.
Now he has me convinced to help do some underwater fashion photography even though i’m not the most [...]

12.20.09 | Comments 6

Ashley n Friends – Random Shoots

Tagged along with the wonderful Ashley Dunn today around Milwaukee for a photography assignment she is doing. The “models” used were her friends, they were quite hilarious lol. She is currently attending UWM for photography and learning photography the manual way with good o’ film. It’s always good to learn the basics. These new kids [...]

11.29.09 | Comments 4

Kelsey – Senior Photos

Shot these senior photos of Kelsey at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay Wisconsin. Kelsey and her mom were both wonderful to work with! The day we decided to shot we got lucky because the whole week it was either raining or very crappy cold weather. It still was over cast and gray, but it’s much [...]

11.27.09 | Comments 0

Brittney Dactylic – Lingerie

December is here and the weather in wisconsin is starting to get a little cold so we are forced to shoot indoors. But i won’t be cooped up indoors all winter, I have a few ideas that i want to shoot in the white snow. On this day we shot with the wonderful model Brittney [...]

11.24.09 | Comments 0

Milwaukee – Dusk At The Lakefront

I wanted to get out of the house since i’ve been cooped up in there for two days. So i decided to go on a walk by the Milwaukee lakefront and try some long exposure stuff. My goal was to get some cool black and white soft looking water shots. You know, the cool artsy [...]

11.23.09 | Comments 0

Ashly Dunn – Studio

My old high school friend who i haven’t seen in a while wanted to try a photo shoot. We originality wanted to shoot outdoors at golden hour but the Wisconsin weather was not cooperating that day, or any other days we planned. So we did a fun little shoot in my studio while showing her [...]

11.17.09 | Comments 0

Brittney Dactylic – Historic Third Ward

I wanted to do a shoot outdoors before the weather in Wisconsin gets cold and snowy. luckily, this day was one of the nice days out a of a week of cold rain. We shot in the Historic Third Ward in Milwaukee with the awesome model Brittney.

11.2.09 | Comments 0

Jess Vergon – Bay View

One day out of the whole week that wasn’t cold and raining was the date we planed a shoot, YAY! I’ve wanted to try to shoot this location in Bay View for a while now but never got around to it. So i got the wonderful model Jess and some fellow photos Alvin and Rob [...]

10.19.09 | Comments 0

Kelly Ruth – Holy Hill

Rob and Alvin wanted to do a shoot at Holy Hill in Hartford Wisconsin with Kelly. The colors their were almost after there peak. And the best time to go there is on a weekday during the day, hardly any people, unlike Sunday. Which I went that day and tried to get up the church [...]

10.12.09 | Comments 0

Allison Shelby Lighting Workshop

Alvin and I set up a little workshop with model Allison for some of my photog friends Jay and Matt who are new to lighting and working with models. I showed them some indoor studio and outdoor location lighting techniques. It was a fun time and everybody got some good photos out of it!

10.5.09 | Comments 0

Kelly Ruth – Old Barn

My friends relative bought this 150-200 year old barn in Heartland WI. He’s going to clean it out, take it apart, move it to his land, put it back together, and restore it. And before he does Alvin and I did a photo shoot there. It was probably the coolest location i’ve shot at. In [...]

09.14.09 | Comments 2

DIY softbox

for the light i used some 250w work lights that i found on sale for $4 each, killer deal. but be careful, they do get hot.
the box was made out of two sheets of white 20inx30in foam core, about $3 per sheet. if i was to do it again i would use foam core that [...]

09.4.09 | Comments 2