Photography by Jill Emmer

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In The Press: Edina Magazine Interview "Edina Photographers Showcase Their Art on Social Media"

“Jill Emmer was always the girl with a camera on school field trips and family vacations. So Instagram seemed like a natural fit for this Edina mother of two. “I had a private account for a year before I started a public account,” Emmer says. Her private account is where she posts pictures of her family and where she followed others who post pictures of funny bumper stickers or their kid’s new shoes. “I thought that was all Instagram was,” she says. Then one day, Emmer captured a shot of a running deer. She posted the photo on Instagram but noticed her friends were uninterested even though she knew the picture was pretty good. So she started posting pictures on a public account, titled after a Pink Floyd song lyric, and immediately her work began getting positive feedback.”

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