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Clearly, I have a passion for photography, but what you may not know is that I also have a passion for Latin dance, especially salsa and bachata.  There’s an AWESOME dance group through the university here called Dance 2XS Caliente, and I absolutely ADORE them. They put on a few free performances last night at Salsa Night at the Illini Union, and they were super hot and inspirational as always! Here are a few amazing moments from their...

Last year, Stephanie Lee Music and Helen Lee Piano Studio teamed up for a winter recital.  I took some portraits of the students, and here are a few of my...

I’ve recently added salsa dancing to my repertoire of hobbies, and it has been such a joy getting in touch with my Latin roots.  (Okay, well, I don’t actually have Latin roots, but I like to think I do…at least maybe in another life?)  🙂  Anyway, I’ve met some amazing (and beautiful) dancers in this town, and here are just a few whom I got the pleasure of capturing last night with the lighting collaboration of my...

One of my favorite places in town is the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.  We are privileged to have hundreds of incredible performances by extremely talented artists every year right here in Chambana.  One of the more recent shows I enjoyed was Jazz artist, Ahmad Jamal, followed by Snehasish Mozumder and Sound of Mandolin.  Both performances were exceptionally inspiring and full of life.  Ahmad Jamal’s quadruple encore was...