| As a child, photography was my passion. My camera became an extension of my body. I saw the world through the film format. I taught myself the basic techniques when I got my first manual camera at the age of 16. My formal photography education was from 1994-97 at The Burren College of Art, and Dun laoghaire College or Art & Design in Ireland. There I received a national technical certificate of merit in commercial photography. After finishing college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. to begin working in the photographic business. I had the opportunity to assist many talented photographers while pursuing my own freelance career. I took part in some art and photography show's as well as doing some art commisions. I photographed architecture, business portraits and product in that time. My next move was to Huntsville Al. There I worked mostly on my fine art photography. While there I got involved in many social art programs, including being a founding member of The Flying Monkey Arts Center, a non-profit alternative arts center. In July 2003 I moved to the Chicago area. Currently I work in a verity of photographic styles, working on art portraits for family homes, photography fashion designers collection, shooting corporate party and events, and working on social documentary. My love lies in the production of emotive images that contain movement and a sense of space. Combining nature and imagination to produce a dreamlike reality. My work varies from conceptual art to advertising. Early on I was committed to documentary. This shifted toward the end of college when I became more involved with a personal fine art approach. My interest in all genres of photography continue to this day. In the fall of 2003 I was pregnant for the first time, during this time and in the following year giving birth to my son I found great joy in female pregnant form, and then of course babies and children. And with the skills I already held I embarked on a whole new side of photography, THE FAMILY! I take a very relaxed aproach to this area of my work, I feel it's more important to have the child be relaxed than to be photographing every second of our time, so I am not in a hurry, your child can be who they want it our time together. Other area's of work and education, Visual display work for both Neiman Marcus and SAKS Inc. Art directed/photo styled on many photo shoots. Photographic printer, and managed the rental department of Adolph Gassers Inc. photo equipment for a time. Worked in art galleries, both curating shows and framing art work. I have taken a paper making and book binding class, which lets me to make personalized albums/photo boxes/photo art for my clients. I have taken a sculpture class, where I created a half scale nude female form in clay from a live model. |
