Clint Thayer 

Founder
Lead Photographer
clint@focalflame.com
608.772.0048
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Clint Thayer is a professional photographer in Madison, Wisconsin. He was raised on the coast of Lake Erie in the small town of Lakeside, Ohio, surrounded by rocky shorelines and powerful storms. It was in this setting that he first honed his observation of motion, light, and human form.

Clint balances technical aspects of digital photography with a keen sense of composition. Majoring in computer science, Clint studied photography at The College of Wooster in Ohio. He also studied under Richard Clarkson in the Summit Series of Sports Photography at the U.S. Olympic National Training Center in Colorado Springs. Clint is a Pro-level member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the Center for Photography at Madison.  In addition to his photography work, he is a staff photographer and videographer at the UW Department of Medicine.  He enjoys biking and spending time with his family - writer and co-founder Robyn Perrin, and their two children. 

Breanna Schmitt

Photographer & Videographer
breanna@focalflame.com

Breanna, or “B”, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in 2020 with a major in Media Studies. She worked as a video editor at a local Green Bay news station before making her way over to Focal Flame.

Josh Zytkiewicz

Operations Manager
Photographer
josh@focalflame.com

An Illinois native, Josh acquired his first camera as a senior in high school.  Josh's superpower is planning. How else do you process over 50,000 pictures in 12 hours?

Josh has a Business Management degree from Madison College. He is also an accomplished actor and has written several screenplays.

Alicia Shoberg

Videographer & Photographer
alicia@focalflame.com

Born and raised in Wisconsin, Alicia graduated from UW-Madison in 2018 majoring in Communications with an emphasis in Film. Too in love with the Dairyland to move west, she has settled in Madison and begun to build a career. Her passions lie in creating behind the camera and in front of a computer, crafting and editing many of the wonderful stories Focal Flame is honored to tell. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, painting, petting cats, and having long chats with friends over coffee (or, more realistically, chai lattes).