Oh Man: Mike LaLonde: Picture Perfect Volunteer

Oh Man: Mike LaLonde: Picture Perfect Volunteer

by Jody Kerzman  | Submitted Photos Mike LaLonde is a regular at Bismarck’s Dakota Zoo. It’s where he finds his favorite subjects of his photographs. “I’m not much of a people photographer. I prefer taking photos of wildlife,” says Mike. “The animals have...
Give Your Meal a Makeover

Give Your Meal a Makeover

Article and Photos by Pam Vukelic If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times: the trite saying “the eyes eat first.” But researchers are discovering there is a lot of truth to it. In fact, the appearance of your food—the first impression you...

Trending: Less is More Makeup

[supsystic-gallery id=139] By Michelle Farnsworth  | Submitted Photos It can be exhausting to keep up with all the latest makeup trends, techniques, colors, and do’s and don’ts. When I started my own makeup and skincare business, I went from thinking my makeup looked...

Beauty Defined: What do the Books Tell Us?

By Betty Mills Now around my easy chair is a scattering of books of quotations in which I sought a nifty description of “beauty,” only to find many of them range from incomprehensible to nearly unprintable (at least in implication), and a few of them shivered any part...
Beauty Deeper Than Skin

Beauty Deeper Than Skin

by Jody Kerzman  | Photography: Photos by Jacy When Karen Rychlik gave birth to her daughter Tessa in 1982, she had a feeling that her baby was different. “I remember asking the doctor if she was albino,” recalls the Mandan, North Dakota mother. “But the doctor told...

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

By Stephanie Fong Part of my work in the communications field requires me to carry around a camera, snapping photos of people receiving awards, celebrating milestones, or simply doing their jobs. More often than not, someone will see me walking down the hallway with...