Bill Clinton, Pumpkins and Severed Heads

Sort of hit that weird lull the last few weeks where I’m not really liking anything I’ve shot lately, just kind of grinding away. For the sake of not getting complacent in my work, here’s some of my photos over the last few weeks. Sort of […]

Rural Population Loss in Wisconsin

Back in July a reporter, Mario Koran, and myself wandered around northern and central Wisconsin working on a story about why young people are leaving small towns in Wisconsin. Today, after months of fine-tuning all elements of the story, I’m proud to say it is published. The concept of rural population loss is something that […]

Week One Wrap-Up

It all began with a house fire. I thought my first day at the Green Bay Press Gazette would be full of paperwork and note-taking, but instead, on my way home for lunch, I photographed a house fire. I more or less stumbled across the fire after I saw a firetruck speeding down […]

Tilt + Shift

Probably the coolest aspect of being a part of a photo collective (shameless plug) is that we share and pool equipment. We recently bought a 45mm f/2.8 tilt-shift lens and I got to play around with it for a few days while I was out on assignment in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Unfortunately I can’t […]

Election night in Waukesha: Walker Wins Again

It’s over. Finally. I think, right? Wisconsin elected Scott Walker to governor for the second time last night, and as I stood in the Waukesha Expo Center waiting for Walker to come on stage for his victory speech, I couldn’t help but think this political in-fighting isn’t over. My fears were confirmed when Tom Barrett’s […]

Gotta have the window seat

Google Earth has made airplane photos pretty mundane at this point, but I thought I would share anyways. Took these photos out of a very smudged and foggy window seat on my flight into Chicago. Even at the age of 22 I find myself glued to the window pane during take-off and landing. Much like […]

Occupy Movement Within Wisconsin

Today is the release of my first major project for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Since late January I’ve been tracking the Occupy movement’s activity within Wisconsin, specifically looking at Madison’s camp, which is believed to be the last encampment left in the state (see the full story and photos here). When I got […]

Surfing in Sheboygan

Sheboygan is the Malibu of the Midwest, at least for surfing. The day of the cover shoot for Curb Magazine, Sheboygan weather was the antithesis of Malibu. Cold, 45mph winds gusted off of Lake Michigan and the water temperature sat just around 40 degrees. The sky was a cloudy bluish gray and sand-sized rain droplets […]

Wisconsin School for the Deaf Football – Part 2

Here’s the full edit from the 5 or so times I photographed the Wisconsin School for the Deaf football team. Each time I photographed them I struggled with same problem I brought up in my earlier post: how to convey silence in a photograph. I still don’t think I absolutely achieved it, although I think […]

Rhythm & Booms: Aftermath

With a title that has Rhythm & Booms in it, I guess I should just say now that I’m not going to have any fireworks photos in this post. Sorry to disappoint. So what did I take photos of at Rhythm & Booms then? Pretty much everything after the fireworks (well, afterwards for the most […]