"Morning Light" by Karen Ollis, Karen Ollis Photo Karen Ollis Creative Marketing Photographer, Fine Art Photographer 42 articles June...

Earlier this year I had the privilege of creating a series of portraits for Todd Bertsch. We spent one morning together in his office...

Story and Photos by Karen Ollis One of my favorite recreational activities is walking. Weather can be an issue frequently but exercising...

Ace Hardware in Aurora Written Profile and Photos by Karen Ollis Driving into the Barrington Commons shopping center in Aurora is...

In school I had a painting teacher that cautioned his class on using black paint. Perhaps he did not like black in compositions or felt a...

Entrepreneurs are a rare breed of individuals and partnerships that are constantly reinvigorating the nature of business. Sometimes found...

Give a person a stage with microphone and you will learn who they really are. Any public platform can expose the good, the bad and the...

Thanksgiving for me is about coming home, whether that's a literal place or within one's self. Its a time of reflecting on the warmth of...

It occurred to me while reading a personal ad how easy and yet difficult writing such a profile can be. Clarity about criteria such as...

As a photographer a key characteristic to my craft is being observant studying the world around me wherever I find myself. When I first...

Years ago I photographed a United Way campaign that asked the audience to feel the way someone else feels. In reality we aren’t capable...

We have a tendency to echo sentiments which we have heard from our own elders. "Well back in my day... " Stories about how things use to...

Not unlike many photographers in Northeast Ohio I do my fair share of different projects. After recently working on a new product line...

Whether home is on the range, out in the field, or in the office there is nothing quite like the feeling of a good's day work and it's...

A new chapter is about to begin!  It's an emotional journey mixed with excitement, pride, a sense of accomplishment yet tempered with...

It was a cold January evening when Robert Lockwood Jr. came to my photo studio for a portrait session creating the cover of his Delta...

Cue Steppenwolf ,“Born to be Wild” and it congers a modern day renegade or outlaw riding off into freedom. However, motorcycle...

Have you ever noticed how you react to the physical appearance of other people? What causes either positive or negative feelings in...

Laura crouching over with table knife in hand was planting seedlings. Her long curly hair dancing on the breeze. It was a juxtaposition...

One thing in life you can count on is change! Certainly George Remington can attest to that. While thriving as a commercial...