I am so excited to share my new logo design with you. This was created by J.J. Fiero aka Mr. Daggomit. JJ has such a miniamilist analog style, he also designed my logo for The Disc Golf Photographer.

Exposure: A Free Field Guide for Understanding how Exposure works with a DSLR camera. This guide is perfect for you if you want to learn more about the exposure triangle: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. This will help you to get more comfortable with learning how to use manual mode on your camera.

Nature is a healing place. We lost our dog a little over a month ago now, and it hit me harder today because she always loved the snow. Getting out and taking pictures of nature has been such a healing journey for me through this process. Here are just a few photos from our first accumulated snowfall of the year.

We are on the tail end of the end of Fall. The air was so crisp tonight as it blew through the prairie. I found the perfect balance of contrast between the landscape and clouds, it was perfect for black and white.

These photographs were captured just a few moments apart. I like sharing series like this with you, because it shows a little bit about how I compose things. I was only out there for maybe forty-five minutes, but there was so much to compose in that short amount of time.

Kodak Color 35mm Film is brilliant. I love the look and feel that these photographs have, with nostalgic memories of Summer. Captured with the Kodak Ultra F9.

Take a walk with us through Lyman Woods. This little nature sanctuary in Downers Grove, IL, is far bigger than it looks from the outside. We went on a late fall morning walk here to find our clarity, and to take some photographs.

Nature photographs from the Prairie by Lauren Lakeberg. You can really see just how much magic a 60mm fixed lens can capture detail here: closeup and the whole scene. Nature prints are available here.

Original Cyanotype photographs by Lauren Lakeberg. This is a very old process in photography discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1842. The process involves combining ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide in equal amounts and applying this emulsion to watercolor paper or an absorbent surface.

Here are three types of 35mm film that are perfect for summer. Film is such a great way to bring on the nostalgia and these VIBRANT types of film will do just that and more.

Psychedelic Blues film is hand fogged with various sources of light. Because of this, its colors can vary significantly. 35MM C41 Process.

Lomography’s Color film was so much fun to capture part of our vacation in Oregon, from the Rose Garden in Portland to Silver Falls State Park. Here are 6 photographs from the roll in varying lighting from full sun to shade