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Lauren Lakeberg has been a freelance disc golf photographer since 2008. She has worked with several disc golf brands and athletes throughout her career.
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08/18/2024

Here's the Club Challenge Facebook gallery 2/2

All of the tournament photos can be found on my blog:
https://discgolfphotographer.com/blog/2024-discontinuum-club-challenge-lemon-lake-disc-golf

08/18/2024

Club Challenge is on the blog!

https://discgolfphotographer.com/blog/2024-discontinuum-club-challenge-lemon-lake-disc-golf

08/12/2024

The Discontinuum Club Challenge! Thank you so much to all of the clubs that played in this year's event for having me out here! I really enjoyed photographing this event today. It felt more like a festival than a group challenge, and that's what I love about this.

The last time I photographed the club challenge, I think was in 2016 (the icy year). It is incredible to see how much this event has changed over the years, and how it has also kept its roots.

I captured over 1,600 images today, so it will take awhile to get through everything but I wanted to share your group photos!

Thank you again, for the perfect day. I know y'all brought that sunshine and good weather just by your vibes. - Keep In Flight

08/04/2024

Clash at The Canyons VIII Sunday!! Heyo!

Clash at The Canyons VIII Sunday presented by Dellwood Disc Golf.

07/28/2024

SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY. Clash at The Canyons Saturday.

Clash at The Canyons VIII hosted by Dellwood Disc Golf. 279 players competed in this year’s event for a chance at the title. These photographs are from Saturday.

07/28/2024

Clash at The Canyons VIII Saturday PM

07/27/2024

Clash at The Canyons VIII Saturday AM

07/17/2024

Illinois State Championships Sunday. Feel free to share these photos on social (please tag ).

Check out all photos on the blog:
https://discgolfphotographer.com/blog/pdga-illinois-state-championships-2024

07/17/2024

The Illinois State Championships is on the blog!

Congratulations to Gavin Rathbun on taking down the MPO title at this year’s Illinois State Championships, and congratulations to all competitors. This is Illinois’ longest running disc golf tournament. You can find all the photos from the PDGA 42nd Illinois State Champioships here on The Disc G...

07/14/2024

Illinois State Championships Saturday at Dellwood

07/10/2024

Dellwood and The Return of The Masters at The Oaks! This was so much fun photographing this event, especially because I haven't been out to The Oaks in a decade or so! Check it out on the blog.

Dellwood and The Return of the Masters at The Oaks. In 2022 Dellwood Disc Golf held their first masters tournament at The Canyons. It’s a biannual tournament, that rotates courses, where pros and ams 40 and older can compete. This year it was held at The Oaks, one of the oldest disc golf courses i...

05/14/2024

The GJTS Tournament Director Team Challenge presented by Dellwood Disc Golf is on the blog 💜

A match play team challenge presented by Dellwood Disc Golf as part of the Greater Joliet Tour Series. The best part about this tournament is that it is a fundraiser event for course improvements in the Greater Joliet area.

05/11/2024

Thank you so much Downers Grove Magazine for sharing my story in your latest issue. Downers Grove has over 49,000 residents, and this magazine went out to their mailboxes yesterday.

Thank you so much to Downers Grove Magazine for this feature and thank you Valerie Hardy, I really enjoyed the interview at our local Peet’s Coffee here in Downers Grove. The article below is featured in the latest issue of Downers Grove Magazine. Disc Golf and Photography is something that I am v

04/21/2024

I had so much fun photographing league today at Walnut Hollow in Cary, IL. I want to come back to this course almost for this hole, alone. I love the elevation changes here and the old growth Oak trees.

Today was a vibe, legitimately. Thank you Nick and the FORE20 league for inviting me out here to be apart of this. You treated me like family, and I can see that's how you are with everyone that comes and plays with you.

Thank you! I can't wait to go through these photos! I shot 64GB today (over 1,500 photos and it was one round). 🙃

04/15/2024

Pictures from Frank Grimes Disc Golf Course | Channahon, IL. We're loving this warm weather!

Frank Grimes Disc Golf Course in Channahon, IL. This disc golf course is 18 holes with short and long tee placements. It is also home of the Channahon Classic, one of the longest running disc golf tournaments in the Greater Joliet area.

04/13/2024

Fraction Run Cup 6 presented by Dellwood Disc Golf is on the blog 💜

Fraction Run Cup 6 is in the books! This disc golf tournament is like the spring opener to kick of the Greater Joliet Tour Series (“GJTS”) season presented by Dellwood Disc Golf . The tournament format is one round each day over two days at The Canyons in Dellwood Park. Saturday was BEAUTIFUL, b

04/09/2024

Seriously one of the most memorable moments of my life witnessing the total eclipse at Fox Prairie Disc Golf Course in Mcleansboro, IL.

Fox Prairie Disc Golf Course in McLeansboro, IL, with the Unstable Discourse Podcast.

03/10/2024

13 years ago at The Memorial. This is what the media looked like. These memories feel like yesterday working with the crew that made up Disc Golf Planet TV.

I still can't believe I got to work with the legends thinking about it today.

So many sparks were ignited here to make disc golf what it is today.

02/05/2024

Persistence is really the difference between success and failure. Spring will be here before you know it.

How are you creating persistence in your life today, to prepare yourself for tomorrow?

01/02/2024

2009 PDGA Worlds on YouTube!

2009 PDGA World Championships in Kansas CityFPO Lead Card (Finals): Valarie Jenkins, Des Reading, Nicole Frazer and Birgitta Lagerholm.MPO Lead Card (Finals)...

12/18/2023

12/16/2023

Krampus' Ugly Sweater Flex Start presented by Dellwood Disc Golf. These awkward family photos were so much fun! This event is going on my bucket list next year for sure. Feel free to share these photos. Happy Holidays!

The link to the gallery is on my blog:

https://discgolfphotographer.com/blog/krampus-ugly-sweater-flex-start-presented-by-dellwood-disc-golf

12/12/2023

The Dellwood Calendars are in! If you are looking for an affordable gift this year, this is it for only $6.

Available only at the Dellwood Disc Golf Pro Shop.
309 Dell Park Avenue, Lockport, IL 60441 (does it surprise you I have their address memorized?! 😉).

Also, Ugly Sweater/awkward family photos... come on out and capture the moment at the pro shop 10am-12pm.

Sign up for Dellwood's newsletter through their website for future event details... do it now.

https://www.dellwooddg.com/

12/02/2023

2008 PDGA World Championships on the blog!

Photographs from the 2008 PDGA World Championships. I remember these moments like yesterday, and how much this shaped my future in disc golf. There is nothing like the World Championships. You can feel it in the air. Seeing the pro disc golfers for the first time, and how approachable all of them w

11/22/2023

Northwoods on film! I got my film scans back yesterday, and I love these little memories from early fall.

I managed to take some bad photos 🤣 this actually happens all the time. So I'm sharing them with you.

I managed to get my finger in one of the photos 🤣 that's a classic rookie move. And I realized how much the Kodak Ultra F9 is not meant for closeups, so everything is blurry, but the background is in focus. Hey!!!!! Go film. Make mistakes.

11/12/2023

Scott Stokely clinic at The Canyons!

Scott Stokely is a legend in the disc golf world. In 1976 he learned to play disc golf at Oak Grove Park in La Cañada Flintridge, CA, the world’s first disc golf course. Since then he has traveled the world as a professional disc golfer, and teaching disc golf. He has 17 World and National Disc G

11/07/2023

The Dellys! This is one of my favorite events of the year. An end of the season awards show presented by

Check out the blog (and video with all the feels) on my website.

11/05/2023

The Dellys are live on the blog! Thank you Dellwood Disc Golf for hosting such a memorable event. I made a little vibe video this time too! Looking back at it now, I don't know how I took all those photos and made a video at the same time (like patting your head and rubbing your stomach all at once!). But here we are.

The Dellys 2023 presented by Dellwood Disc Golf. This was a night at the ROXY in Lockport, IL, to commemorate the end of the disc golf season. Photographs and video by Lauren Lakeberg.

10/10/2023

Sandy Point sunset & a pied-billed grebe 😍

10/10/2023

Thank you Sandy Point Resort & Disc Golf Ranch for being such gracious hosts! We had so much fun this weekend making memories that will last a lifetime 💜

Here are some photos and a short video all on the blog!

I’ve spent more than a decade coming up to Sandy Point Resort and Disc Golf Ranch , always during the Northwoods Open (Labor Day Weekend) or for the Team Challenge (Memorial Day Weekend). What made this time around different than all of the others was the season. Autumn is an incredible time to be

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Going on the Podcast was one of the biggest highlights this year. If you haven't heard this episode yet, or want to listen to it again here is the link. https://unstablediscourse.com/season-2-episode-5-look-at-this-photograph/

Where the inspiration comes from. A friend asked me the other day if I had a favorite photograph. Like, out of all of them. I have thought about this myself often, over 15 years of photographing this sport I have had favorite photos along the way, but there is not one single moment that stands out the most. There are moments in my portfolio that were historically monumental for our sport or have made me see my work in a different way and have pushed my perspective forward. There are also sentimental moments and those that have had more significant meaning because of the passage of time. All of these moments is where my inspiration comes from, and all of the beautiful people that play this sport. The most humbling of them all is the passage of time. Going into Ledgestone of 2018 I took the time to reflect on some of my past work and I decided to print out copies of some of my favorites, from a decades worth of work, and hand them out to the people I've captured. From Paul McBeth's and Paige Pierce's first National Tour win at the Memorial in 2011, to Cale Leiviska's win at the Vibram (Maple Hill Open) in 2012, Sarah Hokom's World Championship win in 2012 and so much more in between. It was so much fun sharing the past with them in this printed form, the whole experience was very humbling. So I was thinking, I want to share with you some of my most memorable moments from my career here, in the days to come, to hopefully inspire your heart too. @mikezivano thank you for asking the question.