Lauren Lakeberg
Midwest nature photographer &
cyanotype artist. Film + digital.
Exploring the outdoors with my dog Kai.
My first word was light. Photography has been a part of my entire life.
I'm based in the Chicago suburbs and I spend most of my time outdoors, on the trail or disc golf course with camera in hand, and my AWE-SOME dog Kai (she’s part Australian cattle dog and part some-thing else, thus she is an AWE-SOME).
I photograph nature and the outdoors on both 35mm film and digital, and I make handmade botanical cyanotypes using plants I find in the wild.
There's something about slowing down, really looking at a place, and making something tangible from it that never gets old.
The Midwest doesn't always get the credit it deserves. It's genuinely beautiful out here, and I'm on a mission to document all of it.
What you'll find here
Film reviews, location guides, nature photography, cyanotype work, honest gear talk, and a whole lot of Kai.
MY DOG KAI
Kai is our Australian Cattle Dog. She came into our lives in 2024, when she was just 4 months old. She is the best! A natural at playing frisbee, and getting my errant shots out of the creek or rough on the disc golf course.
EDUCATION
B.A. Photography —
Columbia College Chicago
Naturalist & Nature Photography Certificates — Morton Arboretum
Associates in Arts — College of DuPage
the disc golf photographer
I've also been photographing disc golf since 2004 — major tournaments across the country, local series in the Joliet area, and everything in between. It's a separate chapter of my work that lives over at The Disc Golf Photographer if you want to check it out.