a little bit
about me //
about me //
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I am
an artist,
a mama,
wife,
friend
&
bonafide
sunset addict.
I am a born & raised Toledoan, daughter #5 of 6 to my amazing parents Patti & Phil and a very lucky lady with many beautiful people in my life. My husband and our kids are the best and let me take pictures (I mean..... deal with it at least, lol!) of them all the time during our day to day life and when I want to test out a new piece of equipment or location.
an artist,
a mama,
wife,
friend
&
bonafide
sunset addict.
I am a born & raised Toledoan, daughter #5 of 6 to my amazing parents Patti & Phil and a very lucky lady with many beautiful people in my life. My husband and our kids are the best and let me take pictures (I mean..... deal with it at least, lol!) of them all the time during our day to day life and when I want to test out a new piece of equipment or location.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design from Bowling Green State University and minored in Photography while I was there. I have always had a "thing" for aesthetics - for as long as I can remember I have focused on the way things around me looked. Little things like the texture left on the chalkboard left over after it was wiped clean, the way the dust floated in the sunlight coming through the window, the perfect broken fence along the highway, and big things like the way the light hits so perfectly on everything as the sun sets. As I started my photography adventure with people, the focus went from the stuff around me to the people and their emotions and interactions.
When I was a kid I requested a new camera for just about every Christmas/Birthday that I can recall, and my poor parents obliged each time, putting up with taking my cameras everywhere and using a million batteries and taking photos of EVERYTHING going on in our lives. In high school I created my own self driven photography course where I taught myself film photography and expanded the knowledge exponentially under Lou Krueger at BGSU, and am so glad to have had so much experience with film photography before starting my own photography endeavors. Since college, I have worked at a couple of design studios, most recently Dynamic Design which has shifted its focus to primarily apparel design and branding. I enjoyed the variety of work and clients I got to work with and the flexibility to work as a freelance photographer and designer, and when my son was born I decided to stay at home with him while he was little. During that time, I was able to grow my business exponentially, build my own studio space, and work my dream job as freelance photographer and designer full time.
I've dipped my toes into just about everything I can so far, and am always looking for new projects and the adventures they take me on!
When I was a kid I requested a new camera for just about every Christmas/Birthday that I can recall, and my poor parents obliged each time, putting up with taking my cameras everywhere and using a million batteries and taking photos of EVERYTHING going on in our lives. In high school I created my own self driven photography course where I taught myself film photography and expanded the knowledge exponentially under Lou Krueger at BGSU, and am so glad to have had so much experience with film photography before starting my own photography endeavors. Since college, I have worked at a couple of design studios, most recently Dynamic Design which has shifted its focus to primarily apparel design and branding. I enjoyed the variety of work and clients I got to work with and the flexibility to work as a freelance photographer and designer, and when my son was born I decided to stay at home with him while he was little. During that time, I was able to grow my business exponentially, build my own studio space, and work my dream job as freelance photographer and designer full time.
I've dipped my toes into just about everything I can so far, and am always looking for new projects and the adventures they take me on!
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