Nic Smith poses to show her body art during the 10th International Tattoo Convention in London September 27, 2014. (Photo by Neil Hall/Reuters)

A designer with over 20 years of experience in the fields of graphic, fashion, and web design along with an extensive career in illustration and the fine arts. All facets of the visual arts eventually combined and became the key contributers to my career in photography. I specialize in personal, event and wedding photography in the Grand Rapids, MI area and beyond.

Trees in a park are illuminated with a red light as a part of an art project in Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany Wednesday, October 26, 2016. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

Model Adriana Lima attends Madonna presents An Evening of Music, Art, Mischief and Performance to benefit Raising Malawi at Faena Forum on December 2, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Raising Malawi)

Members of the LGBT community kiss during a Kissathon to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia, outside Bellas Artes museum in Mexico City, Mexico, May 17, 2016. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

Head of the department of the interior architecture at Estonian Academy of Arts Hannes Praks poses for a picture in the wooden megaphone in the forest near Pahni village, Estonia, September 28, 2015. (Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

A woman swigs from bottles of rum and coke before entering the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 12, 2015. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

Visitors to a mall grasp at air as they try out an augmented reality experience of a digital art gala in Beijing, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)