Here's a look at the person behind the camera at Ruby Canoe Photography.

My name is Teresa and I am a photographer but also, "The Vet's Wife." Well, I'm not only a veterinarian's wife of course, but it's something I hear a lot and something that I lovingly like to take credit for. My husband is a large animal veterinarian and with his job he gets the great opportunity to meet lots of folks in our rural neighborhood. Often times I'll run into people and introduce myself and then I'll hear, "Oh, your the vet's wife." I always smile to myself and enjoy hearing about Dr. Ralph's recent visit working on their cows and calves. 

So, while Dr. Ralph is running from farm to farm looking after cows, calves, horses and any other type of farm animal that may need some medical assistance, I'm home tending to our four kids. Most of those kids are in school, so now here I am sharing my photography with the world.

So, if you've made it to my website, you will find that I am not only Dr. Ralph's wife but I am also a photographer and writer. I worked at a community newspaper for seven years, before staying home with our kids and since then have been doing freelance work for local newspapers, mainly writing fun feature stories and taking photos to go with them. As a photographer I've taken photos of my beautiful children for years as they've grown as well as portraits of lots of family and friends. The past few years I've been doing more portrait work for families and a few weddings. 

A lot of my everyday photography revolves around my little hobby farm home. We have a little house on three acres with a barn and shed that's home to our lovely flock of chickens, three goats, a pony, two rabbits and one (very pregnant) red angus cow.  Our little hobby farm has led to teasingly being called the "E-I-E-I-O farm" by lots of folks that we know, but we love it. Raising animals is good for our kids, and it's good for the soul. The photo posted here is of our red angus steer lovingly named, "Squatchy" as in Sasquatch with my vet. Long story short, my kids find Bigfoot intriguing. 

My passion is photojournalism and with that I hope to bring family photojournalism to all the folks in our part of southern Wisconsin. While portraits are wonderful to hang on your wall, I believe those unposed and spontaneous moments we have in our daily lives are the most precious. There will be more to come on this blog about my passion in family photojournalism. Stay tuned. Keep on paddling through your day, but don't forget to enjoy the view.