4×5: Dried Bean Vine
Had a nice time on Wednesday, shooting, processing, and printing some 4×5 film! I photographed a dried bean vine in our backyard….
Troy’s Book Club, Part 2: “Making a Living…”
While the first section of “Making a Living While Making a Difference” focused on outlining some of the numerous career options for…
Today is my 2nd anniversary
Two years ago today, Rachel Lewandowski and I got married, becoming what we already were: Rachel Lewandowski and Troy Freund (no new…
pro bono: Job Camp
Yesterday, seven other Milwaukee photographers and I donated our time to help out the job seekers of Milwaukee. The 4th Job Camp…
Troy’s Book Club: “Making a Living…”
“Making a Living While Making a Difference” by Melissa Everett I’m embarrassed to say how long ago I bought this book, but…
Good Neighbors and Local Business
Rachel and I have been living in “Pigsville”, also known as “Valley Park”, for about two and a half years now. We…
Save Teecycle Photos Part 2
THESE PHOTOS MAY NOT BE USED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM TROY FREUND PHOTOGRAPHY. If you’d like to feature an image on your…
Save Teecycle Photos Part 1
Here’s a few links worth noting, in regards to the Save Teecycle event! Teecycle Sue Spaight Katie Klein-Murphy Tapps’ Photos WTMJ 4…
wow, I sure wish knowledge/wisdom was cumulative..
…and that we all didn’t have to figure things out anew in every era… “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should…
The FreeTimer Book of Light
Any of you shutterbugs out there might want to be aware of this… –I am part of a photo-network called the FreeTimers….
MKE-likemind: Mike Rohde
Today’s LikeMind meeting featured a presentation by Mike Rohde on the topic of his “sketchnotes”. Rohde had been a voluminous note-taker and…
Make THIS your philosophy.
“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can…
Trail Run: The WORS Border Battle!
as always, any relevant links are at the end of this post… This past weekend, I participated in the WORS Border Battle…
Our Milwaukee, sorta like the lighthouse
Last night was another swell Our Milwaukee networking meeting. This one was special though, as it was the first outside meeting that…
Milwaukee LikeMind notes: Jim Raffel
I recently attended my first “LikeMind” meeting at the Walker’s Point Bucketworks. LikeMind is a monthly networking meeting for people interested in…
Recycle your #5 plastics and athletic shoes!
UPDATES at END of post! PSA from Troy Freund Photography RE: The recycling of #5 plastics (food containers, storage tubs) July 12,…
Creatives Need Work: Freelancers in Milwaukee
This morning I had the neat opportunity to meet two of Milwaukee’s creatives. These folks, Kristin Pelisek and George Jirasek, are both…
Quickie: local-biz: Half-Nuts
Last week, I had the opportunity to stop in at “Half-Nuts”, the candies-nuts store of Mary and William Ziegler. They’ve had the…
Big-Shoes-a-Palooza at Gravity
Last night I had a great time at a Big Shoes Network-sponsored Tweetup held at Gravity Marketing, LLC. I’ve written about Gravity…
My Freunds, My Family
Anyone who knows me, knows that photographing my family has long been an interest of mine. I’ve been photographing them since I…
Troy Freund Photo…in ACTION!
A little over a month ago, I acquired the Nikkor 60mm AF-S/G Macro lens. It sure is a beaut and its close-focus…