The beautiful fall colors. Trick or treating. The crisp morning air.
There’s just so much to love about fall.
And of course what’s fall without another round of internship deadlines?
In a softcover book sits quietly my best images from my short time as a photojournalist. Two years of work trimmed down to 12 singles, 1 essay and 1 photo story. 74 pages of self-doubt, confidence, and passion all colliding in hopes of finding a home among the piles and piles of other applicants all chasing the same thing.
It will undoubtedly be another year of rejection letters with the hope of one editor seeing a glimmer of potential and a spark of passion.
As for the rejection letters? They make for a great source of inspiration.

Tim Gruber and Jenn Ackerman use both photography and video to tell stories for editorial and commercial clients.
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Coming Soon! Every year we'll be publishing at least two magazines of our work. Look for our first issue soon.
tim…
i used to keep the rejection letters on my refrigerator…helped motivate me…ended up with quite a stack…best one said “We chose someone whose portfolio was different, and in many ways better than yours”!…ouch.
kyle