My name is Tim Schroeder, and I’ve been actively involved with photography for 48 years. I started in 1970 photographing for Lake Michigan College’s yearbook, and went on to Western Michigan University where I continued photographing for their yearbook. I also worked as a photographer at a commercial art studio during school. After graduating from Western, I attended an Ansel Adams workshop inYosemite National Park in 1975. Upon return to St. Joseph, I started the photography program at the St. Joseph Art Association on State Street. When the Krasl building endowment was announced, I designed and equipped the new darkroom area during construction. I’ve since been teaching photography at the Krasl for 38 years. Starting in the late 70s through 1997, I partnered with Michelle Palmini, a catalog photographer who’d moved here from Chicago, in a commercial photography business. We did industrial, product and food photography for many local manufacturers, food companies, commodity groups and advertising agencies. When our last studio closed in 1997, I started my own commercial photography and graphics business. I also teach Digital Photography and Photoshop at Lake Michigan College.

Bachelor of Administration, Advertising