By me and about me…

My lil' guy and me

While I was having an affair with words and mysteries, my Dad bought me a used “real camera” from a pawn shop when I was 12. I didn’t know the slightest bit about how to take photos and learning wasn’t within reach since the Internet had yet to take over the world. So in my drawer is where that camera stayed, and instead I bought a lot of disposable cameras. All I had to do was point and shoot.

But while going to school at the University of Missouri–Columbia for a degree in magazine journalism, I took a photo-journalism class and learned the technicalities of taking photos with slide film. The first wedding I shot was of a couple in their late 80s. They showed me it is never too late for true love, and that love is beautiful at any age.

When I finally went digital, there was no looking back.

My family, minus my cat.

Other links about me:

Lessons I learned on my journey to only having one job!

A slideshow I wrote for Glamour.com about tips to look good in photos

A profile on me for the Columbia Daily Tribune

My first-born, Kramer

Exposure Manager, my former photo gallery co

mpany, featured me as their first spokesperson for their blog.

 One of my photos was featured on MSN.com for a feature on Trashing the Dress.

Covered in an article about Columbians who blog

My work for Missouri Heart Gallery

AWARDS:

Best of Weddings 2008

First place in Humor Category for WPPI’s 2009 8×10 contest

VIDEOS:

By Jennifer Van De Vyvere (Yaple)…don’t judge the logos

Extreme Bridal (song by Confident Years)

Engagement Session

Pre-Photography Days:

My college capstone story (investigative report for the Columbia Missourian)

Vox article on Spelunking in Missouri

(and apparently all the rest of them aren’t in the archives…digital just wasn’t the same “back then”…hahah)

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