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I love the variety in my work – from the subject matter I get to shoot, to the wonderful couples I get to celebrate with at weddings, to the talented artists with which I get to create. I recently had a second opportunity to shoot with drummer/percussionist/songwriter Ryan Schiedermayer.  Ryan is a member and co-leader of Streetlife, the award-winning Milwaukee Bucks house band, and he tours nationally and abroad with several other bands.  We had originally worked together when I did some cover art and head shots for the band Solset in 2007.  A couple of these images Ryan also used in the back exterior and interior disk case design for Sentido, a new albumRead More →

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At the end of April I completed a shoot with a team of Milwaukee businessmen who are wagering success on fantasy and the public’s growing addiction to the social structure of the Internet today. Their business is The Skye Club – an online casino hosted within Second Life. So, let’s back up. Second Life is a virtual world imagined and created by its residents. Take the computer program “The Sims,” bring it to the world wide web, and put it on steroids.  Then add a little nostalgia for your high school days of Dungeons and Dragons, and you have Second Life. It’s a fantasy world where you can be your alter ego, andRead More →

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This month I had the privilege of working with an art major alum from my Alma mater, and old friend. Frank Juarez is an art teacher and the department chair at Sheboygan North High School in Wisconsin. An active painter and art community organizer, his work is accepted to numerous exhibitions every year. A former Milwaukee-gallery owner, Frank is the executive director and president of the Sheboygan Visual Artists (SVA), an organization he founded to nurture and empower the artists community in Sheboygan.  Having held board positions with the Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art (MATA) and the Wisconsin Art Education Association (WAEA), he was recently nominated for president of the WAEA. With all that he is doing, updated headRead More →