It’s been the JOY of my life (2nd only to family) and I‘m grateful every day to be able to witness this world from so many angles 📸. I'm from South Carolina and never saw the inside of an airplane until I turned 19 and flew to Hong Kong (believe it or not). I've lived in HK for 36 years and counting. Photography has always been a love of mine. I took up 'real' photography after my youngest went a
way to college. I've taken one-on-one lessons with a pro-photographer and have done numerous online classes with BPSOP in addition to numerous photography trips. Truly though - EVERY travel adventure is a photography trip to me. My goal with photography has always been to capture my travel and life experiences in a story-telling way. I try to communicate with the people I photograph so I can learn their stories and I love putting these stories on the back of my cards. Another very important goal is to be able to give back through the purchase and sharing of my photographs. I have done this numerous times through donating framed prints for charity auctions, by donating my photography services for the creation of promotional materials to charities and organizations who are short on funds. And I've also helped to document behind-the-scenes, day to day life of our favorite charity in the Philippines, a true gift to me and an eye opener. (ICM - International Care Ministries)
Lastly, I am still honing my craft - still learning - still making ridiculous mistakes and doubting myself here and there..... but my love of photography is real. My desire to perfect my craft is true and imperfect or not I will continue until the world runs out of cameras and sights to see. ;-)
