from the great Northwoods

Today I'm posting from Northern Wisconsin at my parents' house after a gigantic brunch for my grandparents' 60th anniversary. The gallery opening was yesterday and was a tremendous success; drank a lot of coffee and sold two small prints. It really makes it look like something exciting is happening when there are 30 people standing around a small gallery...no one needs to know that it was all family. Oooo except I just gave it away there, huh.

The meeting with Arketype went very well - very low key and everyone seemed to enjoy my book. I gave out all of my cards, too, so now they have NO excuse not to call me. :)

The plan for the rest of the week is to spend some time on the dock and hopefully get to tour around up here in my dad's '56 Willys Jeep and shoot some backwoods goodness. The brakes are a bit soft so I'm a little hesitant to take it out on the highway, but bouncing around Forest Service roads is just what it's made for.

(my favorite lake activity)

My aunt Ginny has organized and categorized about 25 years worth of slides from my grandparents and I have cheerfully volunteered to curate the collection. There are some wonderful images in there of my mom and aunts and uncle as kids, not to mention my grandparents in high school and right when they got married. And my grandma said she was going to get together her old black and white negatives for me - I can't wait to get those to a darkroom! I will definitely post some samples when I get them digitized.

what if work IS play?

I am furiously preparing for a trip home (Green Bay, WI - go you Packers!!) which will encompass the following:

1. A meeting at arketype group to check out my portfolio and see if they are interested in hiring me for any stock work or assignment type things. Prognosis? Nervewracking.

2. An artist meet & greet at my mom's gallery in Lakewood, WI to kick off my show, The Art of Tattoo. My entire family will be there and most of them are decidedly ambivalent about tattoo photography.

3. My grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary brunch (hence the whole family being in town).

4. Trying to fit an entire year of gossip and silliness with my best friend in one night.

5. After all of these activities are through I will do nothing but relax by the lake for the next 3 days. And it will be glorious.

So I am a printing/website/portfolio fiend right now; trying to multi-task but really just fantasizing about nachos. And possibly a magical laundry fairy.

time to start a'bloggin....

a bit about me - i'm 31 years old and having been living in jackson, wy for a little over ten years. i took a small break from 2001-2004 to return to school and get my degree in photography from montana state university-bozeman. while i was up there, i met the man who was to become my husband and managed to convince him to move back here with me.


i work full time as an accountant for the jackson hole mountain resort but am heartily looking forward to the day when i can take pictures as a profession and not have to worry about a day job.

nate (that's the husband) and i are currently in the process of building a house; we hope to break ground this fall.

we have a wonderful dog, norman, who will be 9 this fall. he's a lab/border collie cross and is the funniest dog i've ever seen. i may be a bit biased.


that appears to be the basics...what it comes down to is that i love to take pictures. no matter if it's with the fanciest dSLR at a super-posh wedding or with a holga at a demolition derby, i'm tickled pink to be freezing time and capturing moments.