It all started with a gift: A Kodak Pocket Ten from my photo-loving dad. As a six-year old, it took only a day to discover how often doors will open with a camera at your side. People share their stories. They invite you to join in adventures. Suddenly, the world seems like a bigger place. And I was hooked on opportunities to explore the lives of all who passed before my lens. In just moments, someone formerly a stranger could become a new friend. Amazing! That same sense of fun and fascination is still as fresh and exciting to me as it was during my childhood. In fact the longer I've lived, the more I've come to value those fleeting instants, and the effect that a photo can have on emotions and memory. As a photographer, I help others to capture beautiful and important life moments. I do this with great inner satisfaction. Especially as I turn the pages of my own albums and meditate on the faces of people and places that hold meaning in my life: My beautiful daughter Ellie as she runs toward me with her arms outstretched; my husband Tim looking up from the Sunday paper with a smile; my sweet sister Lily and my mother Kit in a happier time before I lost them both to cancer. Knowing how much my personal photos and their connected memories mean to me, it's a pleasure and a privilege to present others with their own collections to enjoy. Photographing people is my passion, my focus and my life's joyful work. Clients: NBA Players including Seattle Supersonics: Ray Allen and family Nick Collison and family Rashard Lewis and family Damien Wilkins and family Kurt Thomas and family NFL Players: The family of Matt Hasselbeck Justin Forsett Cory Redding and family Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side Upjohn Family Nordstrom Family Denny Family World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) Rita Milos Brownstein, Author and Event Expert Animal Critical Care and Emergency Services (ACCES) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Chicago Architectural Foundation Books and Publications Jewish Weddings: A Beautiful Guide to Creating the Wedding of Your Dreams Janet's timeline 3 years old - Took blurry pictures on dad's 35mm camera. 6 years old - Given my first camera and a drugstore budget for making prints 10 years old - Learned to develop film and print in a darkroom at Camp Martin Johnson, a YMCA camp. 13 years old - Furnished a complete 4x5 darkroom in my family's Chicago basement 14-18 years old - Sold photos 25 cents each to swim team friends 15-18 years old - Interned commercial photographer Ted Lacey 20 years old - Earned AAS in photographic science, Magna Cum Laude, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 20-21 years old - Studied in Europe with renowned Fine Art Photographers including Cindy Sherman,Heinz Cibulka, and Verena von Gagern. 22 years old - Earned BFA in Fine Art Photography from RIT 22 years old -Assisted Commercial photographers while building portrait clientele. 23 years old - Earned a 2.5 year position at the Art Institute of Chicago. My Portrait business growing after hours. 25 years old- Moved permanently to Seattle Washington, assisted commercial photographers and housecleaned while building wedding/pregnancy/portrait business. 27 years old - Rented first photo studio. Income 100% from photography! 29 years old - Moved to Royal Brougham 2500ft studio loft. 30 years old - Adopted F-stop, my trusty pound-puppy, who helped carry gear for 10 years. 35 years old - Met Timothy Rohleder, my future husband. 39 years old - Moved my studio to a Phinney Ridge store front. 41 years old - Ellie Alexandra is born. Portraits take on a whole new importance. Partial List of Locations Where I Have Photographed Alderbrook Resort & Spa - Union WA - Hood Canal Bell Harbor International Conference Center Cater Arts/ The Lakeside Chinese Room at the Smith Tower Clise Mansion - Marymoor Park Daughters of the American Revolution Edenwild - A Country Inn - Lopez Island WA Experience Music Project- The EMP Fairview Club First Presbyterian - Seattle, Bellevue Fort Worden State Park Conference Center Green Valley Ranch and Spa - Las Vegas NV Holy Names Academy Church The Inn at Langley - Whidbey Island WA Overlake Golf and Country Club Mayflower Park Hotel Point Defiance Pagoda Resort at Port Ludlow - Port Ludlow WA Rosario Resort & Spa - Orcas Island WA Rose Garden - Point Defiance Rose Garden - Woodland Park Zoo Saint Demetrio's Greek Orthodox Church Salish Lodge & Spa - Snoqualmie WA Sleeping Lady Resort - Leavenworth WA South Shore Country Club - Chicago IL Space Needle - Skyline Sunset Club University Club of Seattle Virginia V Washington Athletic Club (WAC) Women's University Club of Seattle And many more |
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