PHIL BOURASSA

Having been a hobby photographer from the time I was young, it was something that always called to me. Seeing my dad's books with masters like Ansel Adams and Jerry Uelsmann made me want to strive for something great. The problem is, when you're 10 years old and every roll of film you develop costs $8.00, you don't do a lot of practicing, or at least not a lot of film developing!... I have worked as a Photoshop instructor, as Creative Director for a boutique advertising agency in Wisconsin, and for over 19 years as an editor and retoucher for other photographers. A few years ago, I decided that I'd had enough of being limited to other people's vision, so I turned my life long hobby into my full time profession. This perfectly compliments the design and graphics work I do, as I rarely need to purchase stock photography anymore... At the beginning of 2020, the levels on Lake Huron were high enough that we knew it was time to move. We settled just outside Midland, Michigan with our..