I've been taking the past week to sit back and enjoy my freedom from the studio, but I've been keeping busy still while ramping up for all the summer work that's ahead. In the past week I've shot a wedding, a band, and an engagement shoot, not to mention a couple personal projects and friends. Lots of images to go through, but here is one with my friend Taylor, who I have recently started hanging out and biking with. He's a good kid, and was kind enough to be a model for me while I had another younger kid named Spencer shadow me. It was rainy that day, but everything worked out well with the location and it set a good mood. It also ended well with some great pizza from a place none of us had ever heard of. There are so many good images from this shoot, but I tried to show most of them without making it too long.

Rewind to a few weeks ago, when sleep was a commodity and there was no such thing as "it can wait for tomorrow." A lot happened during this past semester, especially in studio. As I am applying for the Bachelor of Science in Architecture Degree, I was told to prepare a portfolio of some of my work. I omitted a section of drawings and some of my photography work which is in the final printed version from this image to keep it short, but you can view it here: portfolio

It turned out well, and it looks even better in print. Thanks to Wallace Carlson for that!

When I was in high school I spent 3.5 months in Germany as an exchange student, and my host family was probably the coolest you can find. Since then either my family goes to visit or they come visit us every year, and so since I was there last May, my german host brother Daniel is coming to visit. He should be here for a couple weeks after he arrives on Saturday, so I'm excited for all that we have planned!

I've received a few emails over the past few days from a lot of different viewers and it's made me super stoked to hear from everyone! I appreciate all the feedback and questions, so keep them coming

Ty contacted me back in February to set up a session for his press kit. He's a super nice guy with a ton of ambition and a lot of heart. I'm so happy for him and stoked to hear what he might produce in the months to come. We spent two different days working with each other, shooting in the Grand Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis and then at an art building just south of there, both of which turned out to be more versatile than I had previously thought. Thanks so much to my friend Jules for helping me out, holding my lighting, and simply keeping me company! Also thanks to Kim Nevins from the hotel for helping me coordinate everything! Check out their site, some of the classiest rooms in downtown Minneapolis: Grand Hotel Minneapolis

Here are the final images from my shoot with A Verse Unsung. All of them should be in the upcoming story and ads in Alt. Press for Photofinish Records, along with their labelmates 3OH!3 and Envy On The Coast. They haven't put up the photos yet, but check them out here: http://myspace.com/averseunsung

I just finished up my final week of architecture project three, which all post here soon. I have some studio images of my final model, but not enough good ones, so I'll post a final summary and outline of the work hopefully in the next few days. It was a crazy week where I managed to survive two all-nighters and endless hours in the studio finishing up my models, but it was great nonetheless.