Michele Lynn Peterson Cortez

            Photography has a magical way of transporting the viewer thru time and location.  We can capture moments to remember for a lifetime.  One can look at an image and get a glimpse into how life was generation before they were born or in far away places they have never been to.   I will captures those moments for you to pass down in your family!

            My start in photography came at 8 years old, when my Grandfather gave me my first 35mm camera.  It was merely a point and shoot camera, yet it made me feel oh-so sophisticated!  It was quite the step up from my previous camera, which was literally a mickey mouse camera.   My grandfather, Capt. H.R. Eldridge, an Army photographer during WWII and Korea continued to foster my love of photography, culminating with giving me his beloved Nikon F 35mm camera for my high school graduation, shortly before his passing. 

            My love for pictures evolved to include motion pictures very quickly. My career in Television soon followed. Eventually, I found my niche in shooting adventure docu-reality shows. That love took me to blistering heat of the Australian outback, sweat soaked hiking thru central American jungles and the snowy hills of Alaska.

            As I grow older, I have gotten married and started a family of my own.  When I’m not working on adventure shows, I enjoy photographing families and capturing memories for them. Just when I thought I had done it all, I tried chasing toddlers thru parks and came to admit, it’s easier keeping up with survivalists in the jungle.  I was grateful for unique skills my reality experience gave me. I found I could use it to capture images of even the most rambunctious or shy child.

             I love making beautiful images of families that they will treasure forever!  My passion is for capturing the emotion and exhilaration of real life!  I would love to the one to do that for your family!