About Spark & Glow Photo

Hi there! Thanks for taking interest in Spark & Glow Photo. I’m the lady behind the lens, Michelle. I’m based in Southern New Mexico and specialize in on-location portraiture of individuals, couples, and families who want to be photographed in a fun and honest light.

About Michelle

I’ve been photographing people, places and things of all sorts since 2000 when I got my first 35mm film camera. I received a BFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago and have been photographing professionally since 2011, when I started my business in Chicago. I had a brief stint living and working in New Orleans, and eventually settled in Southern New Mexico, where the landscape stole my heart.

A Word from Michelle

I absolutely love to make my clients laugh and feel that it is my duty as your photographer to help make your shoot as fun and relaxed as possible! As someone who dreads being photographed myself, I take an empathetic approach to my work and guide my clients through the process using lots of movement, laughter, and deep breaths to help folks relax and feel more like a good friend is behind the lens. I live for candid moments, raw emotions, and belly laughs!

Silly Tidbits

• The first camera I ever purchased was a vintage, large format 4"x5" Zone VI field camera. I still use it and enjoy experimenting with caffenol development and cyanotype printing

• I hit the road indefinitely in 2020 and worked at off-grid homesteads in Southeast AZ

• I’m obsessed with mountains! I climb them, I hike them, I bike them, I constantly swoon after them

• I’m a compulsive adventurer. I’ll take any opportunity I can to explore new places

• I love borrowing doggos from the local shelter for their doggy field trip program

• It’s my mission every spring to find horny toads and catch the first ocotillo blooms

• I can often be spotted whispering “psspsspss” trying to befriend any cat I see