In 2013, she was voted the Best Photographer in Monmouth County, NJ by the Asbury Park Press Reader’s Choice Awards, and in 2012, she was nominated for an Asbury Music Award for Top Journalist in Support of Live Music. Kristen’s photos capture the emotion in decisive moments of live performance, visually freezing the music in her images. Her professional photography career began in 2009, when she photographed local bands at The Saint and the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Musicians continue to be her favorite subjects.