March Favorites

March wasn't the busiest month here in Midland but I did have the chance to shoot a few Easter egg hunts, the Michigan primary, the end of high school basketball and of course some maple syrup collecting. Thanks for looking.

February Favorites

February brought two snow storms to Michigan so I spent those days searching for winter weather features in between covering a tennis tournament the end of regular seasons for basketball teams. This year I'm working on shooting portraits and trying to get more comfortable with directing people in them. So with Lent starting I went and shot portraits of Catholic schools students with Erin. Luckily the church has a interesting door. Thanks for looking.

January Favorites

January 28th marked my first full year working at one newspaper. This time last year I was starting to get back into the swing of working in Michigan and readjusting to the area that I left 3 years ago.  Now I'm working to push myself with stories that are different from the featurey topics I lean towards and trying to improve my story editing and page design. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past month and two pages that myself and Erin Kirkland worked on with help from Nick King and Sean Proctor. Thanks for looking.

 

2015 in review

2015 went by quickly, quicker than I can ever remember a year going. Maybe that's just something that happens as you age. This past year brought me to places expected and anticipated but also places  that I never imagined both personally and professionally. 

I started 2015 by freezing my ass off with my best friend while waiting to see the North Lights in Iceland. I photographed two weddings for friends along side my boyfriend. I had the time and money to continue to work on a personal project. In October I went to the Eddie Adams Workshop. I got offered a job at a paper that I aspired to work for. And for the past 11 and half months I photographed a bus driver who spent more than half her life driving kids to and from school, the Great Lakes Loons spring training in Arizona, the first a gay couple to get married in Midland County, Donald Trump speaking to crowds in Birch Run, a young girl raising lambs for the first time to show in 4-H and countless high school sports. 

Below are some of my favorite photos from the year, thanks for looking.