KZ Photography

Specialties

My areas of focus in photography include small business, organization and commercial photography, with an emphasis on portraits, products, location and event photography. My clients and jobs have included promotional photography for a university-​funded documentary, landscape photos for the Chicagoland neighborhood Yellow Page directories, press release photography for various non-​profit events, and executive portraiture for law firms and former Fortune 500 company CEOs, just to name a few.

Meet the Business Owner

Kristi Z.

Business Owner

Ever since I was young, I’ve always loved photography. You’d almost always find me with camera in hand, posing a Barbie doll in a tree or gathering a group of friends for a shot to commemorate the last day of school. I loved picking up that packet of photos from Kmart & flipping through and reliving fond moments with family & friends captured on film.

My background is diverse– I’ve done everything from waitressing in high school to being an administrator/​controller at a small private equity firm in downtown Chicago while simultaneously running a part-​time photography business on the side. However, my passion for photography has endured throughout my life, and I finally decided to take my passion and create a full-​time career and business in photography. I’ve taken the business skills I’ve learned through the years to develop a business model for my photography business which focuses on client satisfaction. Not all photographers are able to see past the creative vision they may alre