Judge - Anna Krekow

Anna Krekow, a Brainerd native, returned to her hometown in 2005 to pursue a life balanced with work and play, friends and family, past and future. Anna attended Park College in Parkville, Missouri, intending to become an English teacher, but changed paths when a job as a receptionist in a portrait studio introduced her to photography. She and her husband, Tom, own aaron thomas photography, a portrait studio in Brainerd. Their motto is, “Portraits matter and your life matters.”