I am a mixed platform creator with emphases on image retouching, product photography, and set styling.  I have more than 15 years of experience within each of these fields, working within commercial photography and wedding industry.

 

I was born and raised in a rural midwestern town of less than 700

people.  Living in a remote location, and also being an only child-   I created a lot of the fun and sparkle I wanted myself.

 

As far back as I can remember,  I have had a glue gun or markers in my hands. Most childhood evenings were spent sewing alongside Project Runway (trying to "make it work"), drawing, painting or shooting fictitious magazine spreads in the yard with school friends.

 

After school, I moved to St. Louis. This is where I met a group of girls with similar dreams, and we started building a fashion and lifestyle portfolio.  At the same time, I began shooting wedding photography for friends, which snowballed into an LLC.  I was the lead photographer, retoucher and owner of Blue Garnet Weddings. Only word of mouth advertisement fueled my client base of more than 60 ecstatic clients.

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​I received my first break into commercial photography and video when applying for a position at Vat19.com, a popular YouTube channel. They are best known for selling things like the World’s Largest Gummy Bear and self-balancing electric unicycles.  Vat19 is where I sharpened my skills, and expanded my photography portfolio. Each day was something fun and new to figure out, to light and photograph. I also helped with video editing, prop building, set styling and much more during my time there. We had more than 5 million subscribers, and 2 billion plays at the time of my resignation.​

 

The next adventure was moving to the east coast! I began my new work with David's Bridal as their photo retoucher. With my previous experience as a wedding photographer and product retoucher, this was the perfect opportunity to break into to the fashion industry and on model.  
 

After 5 years of serving DB, I moved over to the Urban Outfitters Group- working for Anthropologie as a creative content retoucher.
I was part of a very small team that specialized in the retouching of lifestyle and content imagery. Most of the images I retouched were shot on location, or being used for marketing / creative purposes.

My newest adventure has actually been after almost 10 years out east, I moved HOME!  I am so happy to be back, and a "Midwestern Girl" again.

 

I recently started what has quickly become one of my favorite

jobs so far! SIH-Southern Illinois Hospitals.

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There I am a visual designer along side MY BEST FRIEND!  I contribute by doing brand photography, magazine images, billboards, photo retouching, product photography, graphic design..It has been a perfect fit, and a mix of all of the things I enjoy.​