I've been sharing work on Tumblr for the past little while, and now I'm on the Instagram bandwagon. On Instagram, you can find me at @msbrauer, and on Tumblr, take a look at Things in Front of Me and dvafoto.tumblr.

Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to work with Technology Review for the first time. The shoot had a bit more art direction than I'm used to; the subject, Christopher Soghoian, was to be photographed wearing a jacket and tie in a business hotel room to accompany an article about how he's recently embraced the trappings of business and government culture in order to more effectively advocate his ideas on security and privacy in the information age. It was a challenging shoot, and I was happy to hear that Eric, the art director at TR, was pleased with the images and ran the picture huge in their big annual 35 innovators in technology issue.

I'm excited to announce that my photo of a woman butchering dogs at a market in Yangshuo, China, was awarded 1st place in the Photo Brigade's Documentary Photo Contest. Thanks to the Photo Brigade team and judges Robert Caplin and Matt Eich for the recognition.

One of the most personally exciting recent developments in my business has been the opportunity to have my photos represent my family's home state through the State of Montana Office of Tourism. My pictures have been in a few brochures and travel guides and an iPad app, to date, and recently one photo from Glacier National Park was part of a two-page tourism advertisement in Backpacker magazine; the layout is above.

I'll be in Montana from June 20 to July 6, 2012. I'll be traversing the state for get-togethers with family and friends in the mountains and valleys near Lincoln, Great Falls, Red Lodge, and elsewhere. Get in touch by email or phone if you have assignment needs in the area, though for portions of the trip, I won't have access to much communication.

I photographed renowned chemistry and engineering professor Donald Sadoway for MIT News in advance of his inclusion in the 2012 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. You can see more images of Professor Sadoway in my archive as well as more pictures of MIT professors and researchers.