Recently we photographed Carol Rudy for the AARP Bulletin for a story about requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls, a hot issue right now in Minnesota. Carol’s mother, Isabel, faced the daunting task of trying to get photo identification and was a conscientious voter throughout her 94 years, including serving for [...]
I recently spent three days north of Minneapolis in Chisago County working on a project for the New York Times. It was a fun story to work on especially given the fact that I had a few days to complete it and the freedom to explore beyond the assigned portraits. It’s the type of assignment [...]
Recently I had the pleasure of traveling down a few gravel roads in southern Minnesota to document the fall corn harvest. The highlights? Getting my first ride in a John Deere tractor and spending a beautiful fall day outside. Not a bad day at the office. A few photos –
As a freelancer you rarely get the rush of working on deadline. My last assignment for Education Week gave me a taste of that rush again. I had to shoot a portrait of a student just blocks from our house and have the photos turned around that same afternoon. It was a great feeling! It [...]
Fall behind winter is my favorite season in Minnesota. There’s not much better than the crisp morning air with the warm sun providing a sparkle for the dew on the grass that glistens like a diamond. Of course you can’t have fall in Minnesota without golden corn and a pumpkin patch or two. So this [...]
Recently we traveled to Bismarck, North Dakota to shoot a portrait of the president of the only state owned bank in the United States. Making a portrait of a banker probably isn’t high on a lot of people’s list of exciting things to shoot, but Jenn and I were excited about this shoot as it [...]
Recently I had the chance to work on two fun assignments for the US News & World Report. One of those two took me to Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse, Wisconsin where I photographed Mike who has receiving chemo treatment for a rare form of lymphoma. I had no idea Mike was to be discharged that afternoon [...]
The timing for this assignment from Minnesota Monthly was perfect for us. We had just returned from 26 days in Brazil and only had a few days at home before flying out to Sweden and Norway and we were glad it worked out that way because Alisha’s Care Center was one of those assignments that [...]
On a day that I found myself at Target buying a new backpack before leaving for our trip to Brazil and a fresh box of #2 pencils I joked with Jenn that it felt like I was back to school shopping. Then ironically enough I get an email from Erica at The Wall Street Journal [...]
Recently we traveled to the Wisconsin/Illinois border for the AARP Bulletin for a story on bariatric surgery. It was great to finally work with Michael Witchita, an editor we have known and have been excited to work with for awhile. Postponing the shoot for a couple of days so I could get back in town [...]