I grew up in a small farming - industrial town in Indiana where I learned the love of photography from my dad. At the age of 15, my dad purchased a Canon AE-1 for me and started teaching me how to see the world through the lens.
After graduating high school in 1987, I moved to Michigan with my brother, mother, and stepfather where I met my husband Brian in 1988. I continued to take photographs of the nature in and around the area where I lived and practiced my skills of nature photography. After getting married in 1989, Brian and I moved to Ohio and I started taking nature photographs of the area around Dayton, Ohio. Several years later, we moved permanently to Cleveland.
I have taken several Black & White photography courses at both Cuyahoga Community College and Lakeland Community College where I learned the art of portraiture. My teachers were from area studios in and around Cleveland. I have done freelance work for various studios in the area, one of them being a past teacher. I worked for 7 years in the photography industry here in the Cleveland area as a printer and lab manager for various establishments. I have also had the priviledge and honor of working with and learning from some of Cleveland's premiere photographers.
I have spent the last several years working as a portrait and modeling photogrpaher but my love of nature photography never left. Recently I moved from capturing people in my photographs to capturing the nature I love and respect. By drawing on my Scotch/Irish and Native American ancestry, I hope to capture all the beauty and spirit in nature that I learned as a child.
I love macro and close-up photography as well as architectural photography. I have worked on several projects in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland and I have also worked on projects in the old churches in Cleveland. I really like trying new things and looking for new and exciting subjects to photograph.
