Shaye Bruyere grew up in northern Minnesota. During college, Shaye began photography as a hobby he was interested in learning more about. He started with concert photography, where he learned to work with live musicians and artists, navigating tricky lighting situations, and working to capture the authenticity of the event and the artist.

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While shooting at music festivals, he met Joseph Leute, who eventually took Shaye on as his apprentice. While working alongside Joseph, Shaye learned more about various aspects of photography from architectural and lifestyle to street and landscape photography. Together, they worked to understand and portray the vision of the company, staging, shooting, and editing photoshoots to be used as advertisements for Great Wolf Lodge, Outlets Malls, Sundara Spa, and Wisconsin Dells Tourism.

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Shaye has a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Advertising from Winona State University