Tim Mielke on Fstoppers

Milky Way Photography

After graduating from Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in 2006, my wife and I started Milky Way Photography, a freelance wedding and portrait business. Pillsbury offered me a position teaching photography while pursuing a photography graduate degree. In the fall of 2008, I began my MFA Photography degree at the Academy of Art University. Due to the poor economy, Pillsbury closed after the fall semester. For the following spring semester, the Lord graciously allowed me to be employed by Maranatha Baptist University to teach photography and videography. Given the content of the video and media classes I was to teach, Maranatha’s Academic Dean recommended I switch to the MA Multimedia Communications degree. In 2011, I completed my MA while taking three photography classes, hoping someday I would have the opportunity to complete my MFA Photography degree. Now I am happy to be growing further in my photography abilities and am confident that I am a better teacher for my students and the Lord’s glory.