This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Northwestern chapter.

Name: Alix Kramer

Year: 2017

Major: Medill

1. What is the name of your photography business? When and how did you start it in the first place?

It’s technically called Alix Kramer Headshots and Photography. I got the idea to take a few photos of my friends our senior year for the yearbook and the next year I expanded and ended up taking 50. I took senior photos again last summer and just love it. Portraiture is my favorite type of photography.

2. What type of photography work do you usually do?

I do fashion photography throughout the year for our fashion magazine, STITCH but I do paid work for headshots and senior portraits. We have a couple portrait shoots for STITCH every year so it’s great for me to be able to do both fashion and portrait photography when I’m at school.

3. Who are your clients?

I take senior portraits back home in MA but I do headshots at NU too for people’s linked in profiles and for acting headshots and things like that.

4. What types of photography work have you done campus?

I take fashion photos for STITCH. I’m photo editor for the magazine so I’m in charge of all the photoshoots which is super fun and rewarding. I also became very close with a few other people on the STITCH executive board and that’s been amazing. I did a philanthropy portrait sequence for ZTA and photographed Kappa’s day formal last spring.

5. What is the best photography work you have ever done?

Definitely my photoshoot for the NUFW issue of STITCH last year. It was just really fun and showed me how much I love photography. It’s hard to be majoring in something I’m not very interested in so I’m always thankful I have STITCH to get real world experience before I start looking for actual photography jobs. (Here’s the issue: http://issuu.com/stitchmagazine/docs/nufw_may2014)

6. How far do you see yourself go with photography?

I can’t see myself in any job that’s not photography related so I’m planning on being a photographer my whole life. I’m currently deciding between taking my career to fashion photography or wildlife, so we’ll see where that goes. Who knows, I might end up a wedding photographer or events photographer…as long as I’m taking photos I’ll be happy.

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