Focus In Photography

Focus In Photography Photographing the people, places, and events of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. www.focusinphotography.com PDF file upon request.

Vanessa Simpson
Tacoma, Washington
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 775-815-4788

EDUCATION
University of Nevada, Reno, NV | B.S. Geography | 2000

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS
Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Access

PUBLICATIONS
• Reno Tahoe Tonight Magazine, August 2013, pp. 22, October 2013, pp. 36-39, 89, November 20

13, pp. 32-35, 90, 91 and December 2013, pp. 100-101
• Robinson, Mark. “Reno Rebirth - Hashtag Heroes” Reno Gazette Journal, November 3, 2013, pp E1, E5.
• "North, East, South and West: A Global Compilation of Photographs", 2014. DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA
• Content Contributor, mortalmuses.com
o Write and photograph one to three photography based articles a month that inspire and inform photographers around the world. Mortal Muses is a community of photographers interested in all genres of the art including digital, film/analog, and mobile photography.
• Content Contributor, renomomsblog.com
o Write and photograph a monthly article discussing family life, childhood, activities, product reviews, parenting and motherhood in the Great Basin.
• Content Contributor, filmshooterscollective.com
o Curate my personal film photography work to encourage, support and continue the art of film photography.
• Content Contributor, creativecoalitionreno.com, facebook.com/CreativeCoalitionReno
o Write and photograph a weekly article interviewing a business owner, employee, artist, client or “character” of Midtown Reno. o Inspire and inform local residents of the businesses, events and art of all genres that are occurring within Reno’s Midtown District. o Content coordinator, manager, and marketing to the Facebook and Instagram audience regarding happenings in the Midtown District of Reno. EXHIBITIONS
• July 2013 - Midtown Artwalk , (An Artown event)
• December 2013 - January 2014, Sierra Arts Foundation, Icons of NV: Biggest Little Art Show
• December 2013 - February 2014, Reno Art Works
• December 2013 - Never Ender Reno, Holiday Cash & Cary Art Show and Sale

Owner/Photographer | Focus In Photography | February 2013 to present
• Wedding and Engagement photography
• Special Event photography
o Nevada Women’s Fund | 2012 Scholarship Banquet & 2013 Power of the Purse
o Mountain Area Preservation | 2013 Sierra Forage Dinner
o The Creative Coalition of Midtown | 2013 Sounds Music Walk
o Freelance event photography | Reno Gazette Journal
• Head-shots and Stock photography
• Family, Maternity, Newborn, and Senior portraits

My friend/coworker had a baby!!  and  I had so much fun taking these. Thank you for having me over to capture these imag...
10/02/2022

My friend/coworker had a baby!!
and I had so much fun taking these. Thank you for having me over to capture these images.
Y’all how beautiful is their little nugget?!?

That feeling when you mail out your latest wedding package to your clients!                                             ...
04/21/2022

That feeling when you mail out your latest wedding package to your clients!

Back from a beautiful and warm vacation week! Over the weekend, I was able to wrap up and send off Audrey and Travis’ we...
04/11/2022

Back from a beautiful and warm vacation week!
Over the weekend, I was able to wrap up and send off Audrey and Travis’ wedding gallery.

Out of office…
04/02/2022

Out of office…

Audrey and Travis, 3/19/2022💕
03/25/2022

Audrey and Travis, 3/19/2022
💕

Last bits of 2021…Here’s to the new year, new adventures, more photography, and seeing the beauty all around us!
01/03/2022

Last bits of 2021…
Here’s to the new year, new adventures, more photography, and seeing the beauty all around us!

From the top of Little Si last Saturday.I’ll take some more trails, more trees, and more views like this one over the ne...
11/23/2021

From the top of Little Si last Saturday.
I’ll take some more trails, more trees, and more views like this one over the next few months! Please and thank you.

I was invited to photograph this new family last weekend. Yesterday, I delivered their gallery.It’s the first time I hav...
11/08/2021

I was invited to photograph this new family last weekend. Yesterday, I delivered their gallery.

It’s the first time I have picked up my camera for client work in two years.
It’s been a long time, and it felt so special (and slightly terrifying) to be behind the camera capturing moments for others.

Always grateful for the trust of my clients.

Keep chasing that light,
Vanessa

Hey hey hey!Does anyone even follow this account any more? It’s been at least two years since I was consistent about pos...
07/19/2021

Hey hey hey!
Does anyone even follow this account any more? It’s been at least two years since I was consistent about posting here.
Where’d I go?
In May of 2019, just after PRing a half marathon, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I spent the rest of the year, and the first quarter of 2020 getting written on with sharpie (doctors love their sharpie art), getting poked with needles, and being overwhelmed with the love and generosity of family, friends and strangers.
I underwent 20weeks of chemo, surgery (a double mastectomy with aesthetic flat closure), and something like 30 rounds of radiation.

At the tail end of radiation treatment, Covid hit and, well, we all know the story of 2020….

I still love photography, but have slowed way down in my day to day capturing and client work. My weekends have switched from weddings and portrait sessions to running and spending time with my family. You can follow along with those adventures at .little.a.lot.yoga

Am I still booking clients? Yup! But at a very limited rate. If you would like to work together, let’s talk!

-Vanessa

It’s this doodle’s 1st Birthday today.He loves barking at his mini schnauzer, eating pizza and sticks of butter off the ...
08/19/2019

It’s this doodle’s 1st Birthday today.

He loves barking at his mini schnauzer, eating pizza and sticks of butter off the counter, playing with the kids, running like a maniac at the dog park, taking long walks or runs with his humans.
He’s super not sure about swimming, but cracks us up with the sprinkler.
He’s SO FLUFFY when he isn’t freshly groomed, and has the sweetest way of snuggling by burrowing his head as far into your lap as possible.
We love you Sputter-butt! Happy berfday!

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Moments.That’s all we have.It’s like how letters engage to become words, words marry to become sentences, sentences birt...
07/05/2019

Moments.

That’s all we have.
It’s like how letters engage to become words, words marry to become sentences, sentences birth into poems or stories. .

07/05/2019

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10th Street
Tacoma, WA
98466

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