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Hi, I'm Mike Roemer, a commercial, corporate, industrial, agriculture and editorial photographer based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

 

I've lived the photography business since childhood, first tagging along during my father's long newspaper photography career before ever carrying my own camera gear. My interest grew as I watched the fascinating process of my dad making black and white images appear while shaking trays of chemicals under the red lights of a developing room.

 

My professional career started with a ten-year stint as a newspaper photographer meeting tight deadlines, adapting to curve balls and making the famous and not-so-famous comfortable in front of my lens.

 

I returned to Green Bay in the mid-1990s to start my own business, and now regularly travel around the U.S. and internationally for my clients. I enjoy the creative challenge of combining unusual angles, lighting and lens options to produce the perfect commercial image.

 

I've won first place awards in Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographers Best of Photojournalism and National Headliners, along with being a three-time winner in the Pro Football Hall of Fame photo contest.

 

I love the variety of projects I get to work on, from healthcare organization and foundation annual reports, high-energy casino and gaming shoots, industrial projects at locations as diverse as cheese manufacturers and steel plants, to corporate culture assignments and documenting the Green Bay Packers.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Mike

Stronger Then A Viking!

As a commercial photographer it’s very important to have a strong assistant.  I like to light and when you shoot everything from trucks at night to big casinos you haul enough cases to throw out the average back.  That’s why it’s important to have an assistant that is strong enough to win at arm wrestling a Viking.  Here my assistant Matt Ludtke takes on and wins an arm wrestling match with the Cleveland State Viking.

Matt Ludtke takes on and beats the Cleveland State Viking in arm wrestling.  I'm so proud to call Matt my assistant.

Matt Ludtke takes on and beats the Cleveland State Viking in arm wrestling. I'm so proud to call Matt my assistant.

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Skating Sisters and “The Flying Nun”.

My wife Judy has a sister who is a sister, Sister Anne Turba.  Judy loves her sister a great deal and I think that shows in these photos.  Earlier this year Anne mentioned to me that she and some of the other sisters at Holy Family Convent in Manitowoc get together a few times a year to skate on the lake at the convent and even do a little toboggan riding.  The editorial photographer in me knew this would make some great pictures.  Things didn’t work out this winter to get a large group together, but a few of the sisters went out skating with Anne on her birthday.  Judy and I just happened to visit that afternoon.  Here are a few of the photos and a series that I call “The Flying Nun”, even though they are sisters and not nuns.  I’m looking forward to being invited back next year.  Everyone at the convent is so warm and welcoming to us.  If you would like to see additional photos or to license an image please visit my archive.

Enjoy!

Mike

My wife Judy with her sister Anne

My wife Judy with her sister Anne

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“The Flying Nun”

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Ski Weekend

Judy and I spent the recent spring like weekend skiing with friends in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  I took my camera out for an hour or so.  This is my favorite photo taken while heading up the chairlift.Green Bay Photographer Skiing

Photos From The 2010 American Birkebeiner Cross Country Ski Race • Wisconsin documentary photojournalist

Here are some of my photos from the 2010 American Birkebeiner cross country ski race. More than 8,000 skiers, a new record, were registered for the 37th annual Birkebeiner races. The main race, which begins in Cable, Wisconsin and ends in Hayward, Wisconsin, is the largest ski race in North America The Birkie distance is 50 kilometers for freestyle skiers and 54 kilometers for classic skiers.  This years race was won by Italian Fabio Santus with a time of 1 hour, 56 minutes, 58.6 seconds.

This was the first time I’ve covered this event.  It was a great deal of fun and a nice change of pace from college basketball and NFL football.  It will also make a nice addition to my file of Wisconsin stock photography.

If you would like to see additional photos from the race or from the Barnebirkie kids race on Thursday please visit my online gallery.

Thanks!  Enjoy the Birkie photos.

Mike

With the sun barely up racers warm up before the race.

With the sun barely up racers warm up before the race.

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Italian Fabio Santus with a time of 1 hour, 56 minutes, 58.6 seconds heads down the final stretch in downtown Hayward to win the race.

Italian Fabio Santus with a time of 1 hour, 56 minutes, 58.6 seconds heads down the final stretch in downtown Hayward to win the race.

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After the race a skier looks for a his belongings in bag pickup area.

After the race a skier looks for a his belongings in bag pickup area.

Photos From The 2010 Barnebirkie Cross Country Ski Race In Hayward, Wisconsin.

With a break in my schedule as a Green Bay commercial photographer I decided to head to the northwoods of Wisconsin to do some stock photography.  Here are some of my photos from the Barnebirkie cross country ski race for kids as part of the 2010 American Birkebeiner in Hayward, Wisconsin.  The actual race is Saturday.  The race is capped at 10,000 skiers.  The course goes from Cable, Wisconsin to Hayward, Wisconsin.

If you would like to see additional photos from this even please visit my online gallery.

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