I am an arts and entertainment reporter for the St. Cloud Times with a past as an artist, an entertainer (click here to hear some of my music) and a photographer. I spend most of my time these days writing and reporting for the Life team, but I still get behind the camera often in my free time with studio and freelance work, and every once in a while I shoot on the job.

Outside of the Times, I shoot a lot of portraiture, weddings and random snapshots of daily life. My favorite lens in my camera bag is a Sigma 14mm -- it's extremely wide without being fisheye.

My last newspaper job was with the Albert Lea Tribune as a photographer, reporter, page designer, multimedia person -- you name I did it (everything but selling ads). My photos from the Tribune in 2006 earned three Associated Press awards: 1st place for spot news, 1st place pictorial and 2nd place in the multiple images category (I will post these award-winnin photos soon).

Here are some recent audio slideshows I have done for the St. Cloud Times:

Quilt shop music

Lizardman's sideshow performance

Music Jam at BoDiddley's

Christian hard-core at the Java Joint

Here is a link to a slideshow to my year-in-review photos from the Albert Lea Tribune featuring one of the songs I've written and recorded:

Adam Hammer's year in review

If you want to keep up with my regular work in the entertainment scene, check out Cloudcast, my weekly entertainment podcast featuring interviews and music, here; my daily Applause! arts and entertainment blog here; and check out Up Next, the St. Cloud Times entertainment section, here.

Enjoy!