flower power

My friend Elena having some fun with decorative flowers my friend Katie made for her daughter's first birthday party. Great time!

baby tomato

Our first home grown tomato of the season.

beach storm

This storm chased my roommate and I off the beach in under 5 minutes.

man vs. nature

Mont St. Michel, France

crazy skies

I am back from hiatus and posting 2 years later! Since then I have moved from Minneapolis to Milwaukee to currently Chicago with a few voyages overseas in between. I work for the daily paper the Northwest Herald. I really like my job and Chicago and the people I have met.

Newest view from porch

I was working at the Aster Cafe in St. Anthony Main when the I-35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis Aug.1, 2007. The lights and power went our for a second. The building shook. That night, I edited photos, transmitted all around the world, and realized I would much rather be a shooter than an editor. My view from my porch (the best porch ever) was literally the highway. Sad day in Minneapolis.

Pool hockey

A very fun assignment. I had never even heard of this sport but it is apparently growing around the nation. Of course Minnesota would find a way to play hockey underwater.

Nice complimentary colors.

State Baseball

Day in the Life

Day in the Life. Photos from the annual 24-hour look at a day at the University.
One of the best days all year. The photo staff of the Daily would shoot from 12am to 12pm for one full day. I recommend this for all photographers. The wee hours of 4-7 am creep by slowly, and from 6-8am people tend to not like having their photos taken I learned over the years. Very challenging and rewarding!

Wakeboarding

For a sports feature, I got to ride around on a speedboat for a few hours on a sunny Saturday. Awesome to shoot. Though if I heard the word "dude" one more time...
National Wakeboarding Competition held in Shoreview, Minn.

Easy rider

Fishermen

This photo's from a leisurely drive from Minnesota back to Wisconsin on a warm late spring evening with my second family.

Hockey madness

I was lucky enough to travel to Denver to cover the Hockey Frozen Five, unfortunately Minnesota lost in the second round.

Minnesota vs. Wisconsin at the Exel Center in St. Paul.

Ruth Adams and the World's Most Dangerous Polka Band

Ruth Adams, accordian. Age 75, started playing at 14 young. You can catch her playing Friday and Saturday nights at Nye's in Northeast, from 8:30-1:30 am.

 Joe Hayden, trumpet, singer.

 Keeping the beat.

A day with the President of the University

I followed around the University of Minnesota's president for a few days in March. Quite a nice guy, him and his wife.
Breakfast at Eastcliff.

Foster, their German Shorthair.

GAPSA meeting.

France

I went to France with 3 of my college photographer friends for 2 weeks.
We made a counter clockwise tour of the country and were lucky to be in Paris for Valentine's Day, Nice for Mardi Gras. We saw a concert in Paris, visited my friend Alisa in Renne, toured Mont St. Michel, took a night train to the south, bumped into an old Minnesota Daily colleague along the Mediterranean, had an amazing hike in Eze, sniffed perfumes at the Frangonard factory, and wrapped up the trip in Lyon. Here are some favorite features from the sojourn.

Birdman outside Notre Dame.

Royal guard in Monaco.

Guy sleeping on bench in Lyon. Benchwarmer?

Shoeman in Paris.

Jet trail and the French flag.

Tent dwellers on the beach.

Old man and the sea.

 A couple in Montmartre.

The small and the tall

This is my friend Katie's son Payton, 2, at our annual Day After Thanksgiving Get-Together.