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Photography

Capturing the perfect moment requires skill, creativity, and an eye for detail. I strive to deliver stunning visuals across a variety of subjects and settings, ensuring each shot tells a compelling story and leaves a lasting impression. Services include:

  • Creative direction;
  • Production planning (including location scouting/scheduling, props, makeup);
  • Photo capture (natural light or minimal auxiliary lighting) of:  
    • Events (corporate, community, weddings, family celebrations, etc.)People (environmental portraits, headshots, and candid shots)AnimalsLandscapes
    • Architecture
  • Photo editing & retouching (removing elements, color correction, restoration, etc.)

EXAMPLES OF MY WORK

Capturing moments

There’s a unique beauty in unposed, spontaneous moments. Candid photos and portraits are more than just pictures —they are stories themselves, a rare glimpse at something special others may not have seen. Shown here are a few of the many images I have made professionally over the years. 

Client: The Jackson Laboratory

A mae scientists interacts with scientific fluorescence images on a large flat screen.
An operations employee loads mouse cages into the tunnel washer the Wash Supply Area (WSA) at JAX West, Sacramento, California.
Environmental portrait of a female security guard.
An older male and female couple interact during a dinner.
A summer student and faculty enjoy a laugh during their lab work.
A male laboratory technician performs an experiment.
An award recipient holds his hand to his forehead in embarrassment at The Jackson Laboratory's 2014 Employee Recognition Day.
Environmental portrait of engineering staff at The Jackson Laboratory's Energy Center wood-fired pellet plant in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Documenting details: Architecture

Even without an accompanying design, or moving video, a great photo can tell a story all by itself.  I especially enjoy architectural photography and the way light plays on glass, the shadows shift from moment to moment. 

Client: The Jackson Laboratory

Person walking through the lobby of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.
Lobby of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine at twilight.
Exterior perspective view of JAX Genomic Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut (CT).
Exterior view of JAX Genomic Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut (CT), showing trees reflected in the windows with the cylindrical lighting within.
Shadows on the wall of the lobby of JAX Genomic Medicine in Farmington Connecticut (CT).
Shadows on the wall of the lobby of JAX Genomic Medicine in Farmington Connecticut (CT).
Lights in the ceiling of the auditorium at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut.

Documenting details: live animals

It may be a dubious honor, but I am possibly the most prolific mouse photographer in the world. Getting a great photo of an animal that is inherently terrified takes a gentle touch, incredible patience, and a willingness to crawl around on the floor.  Shown here are a few of the many thousands of mouse images I captured over a period of more than 10 years. 

Client: The Jackson Laboratory

First page of "Death-defying Experiments: Pushing the limits of life span in animals could someday help lengthen our own." Published in Science Vol. 350 Issue 6265, December 4, 2015. Mouse photography by Jennifer L. Torrance
Photo of four laboratory mice of different coat colors. B6129PF2/J, JAX® Mice stock number 100903.
C57BL/6J, Stock Number 000664, black laboratory mouse on a white background.
C57BL/6NJ, Stock Number 005304, black laboratory mouse with magnifying glass.
Albino laboratory mouse with ragged coat and lesions on feet, shown with littermate control.
Albino laboratory mouse with ragged coat and lesions on feet, shown with littermate control.
Black laboratory mouse on a white background.
8 day old albino mouse pups on black background.
8 day old albino mouse pups on black background.