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Imagination Fair 2011

2011-02-01T05:06:00.000-08:00

Here are a few images from the Imagination Fair.

TCPPA

2011-01-31T17:02:00.000-08:00

The Twin Cities Professional Photographers Association Meeting is a week early this month. You do not want to miss it. Scott and Adina Hayne will be giving their No Rules Seminar

Nature Walk

2009-03-23T05:45:00.000-07:00

Amy brought home a bag full of all kind of nature related things. Including a magnifying glass to look up close at nature and a journal to write down all the things that we found. Our friends Julie and Tom helped us find nature!

princess dance party

2009-03-21T13:43:00.001-07:00

We had a couple of princess holding a dance party in our house last night. We also had a layered look for fun too!

Lexi

2009-03-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

Lexi came in and had fun with us

Maya and Abdul

2009-03-18T08:08:00.000-07:00

Maya is a friend of mine from School. she meet her boy friend Abdul when they both were attending St. Thomas Univeristy in St. Paul. I shot these at Mike O'Halloran's Studio in NE Mpls. Big thanks to Mike and Matthew Kemmetmueller for their help on these shots.

Johnny

2009-03-15T13:51:00.000-07:00

We had a model shoo at School. Her is one of the guys. Johnny Phoenix. You can find him on Model Mayhem.

Mardi Gras

2009-03-07T09:03:00.001-08:00

Local Mardi Gras dance on Fat Tuesday

Davey Family

2009-03-06T12:38:00.000-08:00

I got to stay with an old college buddy when I was studying in Atlanta

SMS Business training

2009-03-06T12:07:00.000-08:00

I was fortunate enough to be awarded a scholarship from the SPS to attend a two day basic business program offered by the PPA Professional Photographers of America, at the PPA'a Headquarters in Atlanta Georgia. The class was lead by Ann Monteith and Carol Andrews.

Full suitcase!

2008-11-11T07:46:00.001-08:00

My bags are packed and I am ready to go!

First snow fall of 2008

2008-11-07T08:22:00.000-08:00

Amy celebrated the first day of snow by making these fun tracks in the snow before she left for school.

Rob and Lisa

2008-10-06T06:26:00.000-07:00

Mary and I got to work a wedding in Lakeville. It was a beautiful day.

PJ on the fire escape.

2008-07-23T06:10:00.000-07:00

I got to go down and assist for Mike O'Halloran at his studio in NE. Mpls. The session was on the roof of the building we had to climb a fire escape ladder to reach the top. I was able to take a few shots of one of the models, PJ, that he was using that night

May and Canon

2008-07-20T20:31:00.001-07:00

I got to assist at a wedding this weekend. I got some fun shots. Even one of the bride with her friends hair caught in her dress.

Daniel

2008-07-15T20:01:00.000-07:00

Pete

2008-06-30T14:31:00.000-07:00

Here is a shot of my nephew.

Julie and Tom

2008-06-26T20:31:00.000-07:00

We had a nice brunch with our good friends Julie and Tom and they agreed to sit for me.

Vistitor from the south

2008-06-23T06:46:00.000-07:00

My old college buddy Ripp was in town for some training. It gave me an opportunity to practice with natural lighting

Painting With Light

2008-06-18T05:56:00.000-07:00

I took a workshop with Carl Caylor called painting with light. The class focused on using natural light. For a final project the students took the portrait our fellow classmates. Here are the results.

Illinois Workshops Lewis

2008-06-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

Lewis is a worker at the Pere Marquete Lodge where we stayed, he was a great sport !

Illinois Workshops Shoot out

2008-06-16T08:40:00.000-07:00

At the Loading Dock in Grafton Illinois

The Tuesday night shoot out is a free for all. the instructors start out with the models and then the students get there turn. The Models are from The Edge Modeling Agency
I believe that they are based out of St. Louis, MO.

Illinois Workshops Lauren

2008-06-16T08:35:00.000-07:00

Illinois Workshops Laura

2008-06-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

Illinois Workshops Images Kenzie

2008-06-16T08:13:00.000-07:00

More images for the Illinois Workshops

Kenzie

2008-06-10T15:16:00.000-07:00

I am taking part in a PPA affiliate school in southern Illinois. here is a shot from one of Monday ssessions

Librarians Gone Wild

2008-05-15T09:34:00.000-07:00

Yes these are actual librarians tearing up library books. Well outdated library books

Mothers Day

2008-05-15T08:38:00.000-07:00

Here is three generations of our family celebrating Mothers Day

2008 MPPA Lundgren Scholarship Award

2008-05-13T05:10:00.000-07:00

I was shocked and honored to have been nominated by Krish Keifer as a finalist for the Lundgren Scholarship.

The Lundgren Scholarship Fund was instituted by Leonard Lundgren of Minneapolis to be given to an outstanding "young person" interested in portrait photography.

I am young at heart I guess and new to the business so that got me by.

Thank You to Krish and all the past Presidents Of MPPA who gave me this award. I am truely honored. Amy Zellmer the President of the TCPPA took this picture of me being congratulated on the award by MPPA President Laurie Pease Johnson.

Amy Erickson

2008-04-16T11:15:00.000-07:00

As we get close to Amy's Birthday I would like to share this with you. Many of you know one of the women that our daughter Amy is named after was a good friend of mine named Amy Erickson. Amy's spirt touched a lot of people including her coworkers at Caribou Coffee, they have been remembering her and honoring her memory by roasting up a special blend of coffee beans that Amy designed herself, they call it Amy's Blend. They sell the coffee during breast caner awareness month as a fund raiser and donate 100,000 dollars towards breast cancer research. Coca Cola generously matches their contribution with an additional 100,000 of their own. Please check out this story at

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=267398
That is my picture of her holding the cup of coffee. Click on the video to see the story

Spring has Sprung? Maybe?

2008-04-14T09:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some shots of the Magnolia Bush that blooms around Amy's Birthday

Amy and Greta

2008-02-10T15:19:00.001-08:00

Amy and Greta Chillin

Tayhna

2008-02-08T08:58:00.002-08:00

Student Senate

2008-02-03T15:14:00.001-08:00

Here is a collage of the Student Senate Board of Hennepin Tech at the Eden Prairie Campus

Akqwana

2008-01-31T05:04:00.001-08:00

Had another nice session with Akqwana

Playing with Color

2008-01-28T08:08:00.001-08:00

Senior Portrait

2008-01-28T07:42:00.000-08:00

2008-01-24T04:31:00.001-08:00

Kelly and Terry are up to something. They needed a copy of this image for an "invitation". I wonder what they are up too?

Neighborhood Kids

2008-01-19T14:52:00.001-08:00

I am fortunate to have kids in the neighborhood who are willing to pose for me.

Minnesota Photographers at 2008 PPA Tampa Florida

2008-01-17T15:43:00.001-08:00

I had the good fortune to be able to attend PPA's national convention in Tampa Florida. On the last night several of the Minnesotans gathered for a group photograph at Tampa's aquarium. I am in the back with the white shirt. I am standing next to Amy Zellmer this years TCPPA president. The photographers that I interned with Mark and Krish Keifer are in the front row all the way to the left. Next to Krish is David Gruppa. David challenged the TCPPA group to raise 750 dollars for Operation Smile and he would shave his head. 750 dollars pays for 3 reconstructive surgeries for cleft lips and cleft pallets. David exceeded is goal raising 4800 dollars and shaved his head at the TCPPA yearly Christmas/Awards banquet. Way to go Dave.!! Click here to learn more about Operation Smile .

2007 TCPPA Student Photographer of the Year

2008-01-17T15:37:00.001-08:00

I was lucky enough to be named the Twin Cities Professional Photographers Association Student photographer of the year. Thanks to everyone at TCPPA and all of the speakers that they bring in every month. The extra training I receive at those lectures is a great addition to the education I am getting at Hennepin Technical College which made this possible.

2008-01-16T13:19:00.001-08:00

There was a print competition at this months TCPPA monthly meeting. The theme this month was White. Here is my entry. It is a friendly peoples choice competition with the entry fee of one dollar going towards PPA Charities benefiting Operation Smile.

cloud cult - what comes at the end

2008-01-14T08:18:00.001-08:00

This song is from one of the best bands in the Twin Cities Cloud Cult. I believe the video was created by a fan.

Kevin Kubota Actions

2008-01-14T08:08:00.001-08:00

I missed out on a two day workshop that MPPA held last year that Kevin spoke at. I have been kicking myself ever since. the responce from those that attended was intense. I made up for it this year. I got to hear Kevin speak at the 2008 Imaging USA conference in Tampla Florida. I bought some of his actions. Here are my first two attempts at using them, with my two favorite models.

Been busy

2008-01-13T16:56:00.000-08:00

Well it has been very busy around here the last month and a half. First I finished up school, I was named the Twin Cities Professional Photographers Association, Student Photographer of the year, went to Israel for two weeks, came back and went to Florida for the Professional Photographers of America annual national conference. Here are some images that I have been meaning to post.

The Longfellows Mind

2007-11-27T19:00:00.001-08:00

Here is a slide show for a computer class that I am taking. The woman is a fellow student named Erica and the music is from my band "The Longfellows"

TCPPA

2007-11-06T09:26:00.000-08:00

The TCPPA http://www.tcppa.org/ Print competition was held last night at Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie. I entered three prints and one of them was awarded a merit!! Very exciting. It is a very hard experience to have to listen to 5 experienced photographers who's work I admire dissect my work. For the most part I already knew what their concerns would be. As you attend print competitions if you pay attention you can learn what is and is not acceptable with competition print. Now I need to figure out how to avoid those same mistakes as I move forward with my future portraits.

Book Club

2007-11-02T18:07:00.000-07:00

I shoot a few pictures for a local writer, Maggie Shea, who just had an article published in November / December 2007 issue of Mothering magazine. They did not run any of my pictures, but it is a fun article to read about a local mom and daughters book club that has been on going for over 10 years. Check out the article and here are a few of my favorite shots for the session.

Halloween

2007-11-01T07:58:00.000-07:00

So October was pretty crazy. I have been trying to get caught up in my intern class. Between interning and my classes I have not had any time to post a new entry. I have 3 or 4 photo shoots to post plus keeping up with my new sessions. Amy went as Bob the Builder for her first Halloween. The first piece of candy she got to eat was her choice of a tootsie roll. She asks about the candy " is this one chalk a let?"very sweet. Our good friend and Auntie to Amy Julie came over for the Pumpkin carving.

Bob, Chris, and Jackson

2007-09-29T02:50:00.000-07:00

Jackson's 2nd birthday is in two weeks so I invited Bob and Chris to come in for a quick family portrait. We cannot believe how big jackson is getting and how grown up he looks! Today was also my first day working as an intern at VIP studio in Waconia. I toured the studio and grounds with Mark Kiefer and was able to assist him on a senior shoot. I also met his wife Krish, and their two children Sage and Skye. Both Mark and Krish are amazing photographers and I am honored to be able to intern with them.

Akqwana

2007-09-25T12:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some more outdoor shots. I was able to photograph this wonderful woman Akqwana. She is as sweet as she is attractive! I am hoping to get her mother in for a mother daughter portrait.

Emily

2007-09-24T19:48:00.000-07:00

I had another shoot today. My classmate Emily was kind enough to model for me.

Kelly and Terry

2007-09-24T05:01:00.000-07:00

I got to take some outdoor portraits on Sunday. We shot at Parkers Lake Park in Plymouth. It was a beautiful day, but it was very windy which made it a little difficult to get the lighting in the exact position. It made my heart glad when Kelly asked if we could convert any of these pictures to Black and White. It seems to me that the general public has forgotten how beautiful and timeless a black and white portrait can be.

2007-09-18T07:32:00.000-07:00

The Big news around the Geller household is that Amy has gotten herself a new toothbrush, a "loud one" just like mommy. Her new electric toothbrush features her favorite cartoon star Dora!. We had a great seminar at school yesterday. The guest speaker was Julie Klassmeyer. Julie is an award winning photographer who specializes in baby and children fine art portraiture. The Vikings suffered another tough lose this weekend in a game they should of won to the Detroit Lions. Amy was shouting go Vikes with us, and go gophers, which she learned at her daycare. She described the action as "the boy ran and fell down." Here are some photos from my fist shooting assignment for Portraiture II staring Jim Jackson and our assistant Jenna.

Shana Tova

2007-09-12T06:49:00.000-07:00

Shana Tova everyone. Happy New Year! The Images Club is having our first meeting of the year tomorrow. We hope to get a lot of the photography students involved so they can attend the state annual convention for professional photographers.

Fall Seminar

2007-09-10T18:05:00.000-07:00

Hi, I just spent the last two days at the MPPA fall seminar featuring Scott Dupras. Scott is a fantastic photographer from the UP of Michigan. He lead a great workshop on lighting techniques and painting with Corel Painter. Check out Scott's website http://www.scottdupras.com/

Zeller Krams

2007-09-03T17:14:00.001-07:00

Here is a shot of The Zeller Kram family when they visited us this summer.

Meeting with Ann

2007-08-31T10:09:00.000-07:00

I had my first meeting with Ann Marsden. We discussed may things, the ethics of photography, lighting techniques, software, business etc.. We also talked about how Richard Avedon and Diane Arbus have influenced portrait photography. Here is a nice quote from Ann, "find beauty in things as they are" This picture is of my fellow student Erica. What excites me about this images is that it has shades of Andy Warhol in it.

2007-08-28T07:19:00.000-07:00

Bob, Chris and Jackson Doe sat for me for a family portait.

Back to School

2007-08-27T19:42:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day of school. I have been working on getting my portfolio together so that I can apply for an internship.