For as long as I can remember, I have always been the one asking people to stop what they are doing to capture the moment forever in a frame…(promising them they will thank me for it later (and most of the time they have). But it wasn't until I had the miracle of life staring back at me, in the smiles and faces of my children, that I appreciated just what capturing those precious moments forever r
eally meant. Through the years, photography has become more and more a passion of mine. For me, it is a way of escaping the day to day demands and pressures of life. I have said many times, it is therapeutic! Photography allows me to see things differently...and more deeply. I am both humbled and amazed at the beauty God has created in people and places. I have been known to pull over on the side of the road and start clicking, getting lost in the lens. No landscape or setting is safe! I grew up in a little southern town just outside the mountains of North Carolina, so naturally, the country way of life tugs at my heart strings. Now, as a mother of two, I long for the days I spent front porch sitting, swinging from a knotted rope and walking barefoot thru a creek. There is something so genuine about a barn in a field, a pair of cowboy boots resting on a fence post or a tractor sitting in a field after a hard day's work... it is nostalgic and stirs my soul. These images are a reflection of a time and place that illustrate a deeper meaning living within me. I want to share that feeling with others and draw them in and hopefully awaken something in their soul too. I have never had any formal training or education. My pictures are less technical but all heart...
Thank you for taking a look. I hope you enjoy my work. Tanya
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