My camera is a tool to give me complete freedom to express myself. Behind the camera is where I feel safe to capture images the way I imagine them to be seen, through my vision and how I want to process them.
I tend to look for the understated, uninteresting, overlooked, and unimportant things to the average viewer.
I love to bring out the beauty of the shy, misunderstood, or left behind.
Growing up in Bristol, Bucks County, the suburbs of Philadelphia, and spent much of my time as a kid fishing in Cassalia Pond and biking with my brother Mark. I began taking photos at about 10 years old when Uncle Eugene gave me my first film camera.
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At the age of 35, I attended The Art Institute of Philadelphia. I earned a degree in Specialized Technology in Graphic Design while raising 2 young children and working as a hairstylist. I worked for the "Northeast Times", and I then entered into the family Printing Business, in Croydon, PA.
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2013, I purchased my first DSLR camera and began studying everything I could get my hands on to learn the technical stuff and composition.
I have participated in many local Camera Clubs: Cheltenham Camera Club, Churchville Photo Club, Bristol Photographers Club, Lehigh Valley Photo Club, Bucks County Arts and Culture Council, and various Photo Walking Clubs in the City of Philadelphia. "Fairmount Photo Club", "Photography is Medicine" and "Cityscapes", and Facebook groups: "Create 52 Photography Project" and Sharon Tenenbaum.
I'm having a great time visiting new places to photograph and meet new people.
----Prize Winners----
- Allen's Camera Summer Vibes 2024 Photo Contest, Levittown, PA 2024 - Last Day of Summer at the Atlantic City Boardwalk
- Churchville Photography Club 2024 - Water & Rose
- Philadelphia Flower Show 2024 - United by Flowers - 2nd Place "Lavender Fields" -193 Harvest.
- National Marine Sanctuaries 2023 - Sanctuaries at Home Category: 1st Place with "Mill Pond at Sunset".
- Bristol Photographers Club, 49th Annual Photo Competition. Placing 1st - "Birds on the Wire", 2nd - "Rose and Water", 2nd Place - "Red Dancer", 3rd Place, "Street Musician".
- Philadelphia Flower Show 2023 - 2nd Place for "Rose and Water"- The Garden Electric category.
- BenQ and Calibrate Summer Competition - Generational Image - "7 on the Beach"
- Bristol Photographers Club "Yawn", "Floating Leaf", "Re-emerging", "Managed and Unmanaged", "Architecture".
- B&H#OPTIC 2020 - "Birds on the Wire" First Place in Aviary Category Judged by Lisa Langell.
- Churchville Nature Center, PA. Won 2019 "Best of Show" "Scratching Up".
- Churchville Nature Center, PA. Won 2018 "Best in Show" for Photo "Birds on the Wire".
- Placed with "Connecting Lines", "Horseshoe Crab Swirls" and "Reflecting City Hall".
- Black and White Magazine finalist "Birds on the Wire".
- Bristol Photographers Club, "Calling Collect".
- Numerous Awards from local camera clubs.
---Image Showings----
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County Members Showing 2024 - Chasing the Light
Klein Life Center "Creativity on Display" Art Show for senior adults 2024.
Philly Photo Day 2024 Exhibit @ TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image.
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County’s social media event 30 Days of Inspiration to celebrate National Poetry Month - 2024.
My image "Holding Steady" was chosen along with an inspiring poem. I will be presenting my image In-house presentation along with the poet. Freedom Hall, Doylestown, PA
Phillips Mills 2024, New Hope, PA - "Churning Carp"
Phillips Mills 2024, New Hope, PA - "Churning Carp"
The Sketch Club-the Art of the Flower - "Water & Rose" and "Efflorescence"
Philadelphia Flower Show 2024 - United by Flowers -193 Harvest- "Lavender Fields"
2 images: "Birds on the Wire" and "Rose and Water" were accepted into the Phillips' Mill Photographic Exhibition for 2023.
"Re-emerging" has been chosen as one of the 30 pieces to be published alongside a complementary poem in the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County’s social media event 30 Days of Inspiration to celebrate National Poetry Month. 2023
Bristol Photographers Club - 49th Annual Print Competition, 2023
Philadelphia Flower Show 2023
"The Garden Electric" - Rose and Water
"The Garden Electric" - Rose and Water
Bristol Photographers Club - 48th Annual Print Competition, 2022
The Play masters Theatre group, State Road, Bensalem, PA 19020
The Pennsylvania Center for Photography, "Transformation", Doylestown, PA 2021 - Showing In New Hope Art Center Aug-Sept 2021
Green and Wildlife Project with Bill Brokaw Photography, July 2021
Bristol Photographers Club Annual Print Competition, 2021
The Pennsylvania Center for Photography "Odyssey", Doylestown, PA 2021
Winter Light in Black & White Project with Bill Brokaw Photography- Announced in the Bucks County Herald on February 25, 2021
The Pennsylvania Center for Photography "Transformations", Doylestown, PA 2020
The Pennsylvania Center for Photography "Odyssey", Doylestown, PA 2020
B&H OPTICS 2020 -"Birds on the Wire", chosen by Lisa Langell - Best Image in the Aviary Category
National Arts Program of Philadelphia, Displayed in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Northampton Library, PA, exhibited "Scratching Up"
Churchville Nature Center, PA. Won 2019 "Best of Show" "Scratching Up"
"Birds on the Wire" - Finalist in Black and White Magazine
The Pennsylvania Center for Photography "Odyssey", Doylestown, PA 2019
Centre for the Arts, Bristol, PA
The Pennsylvania Center for Photography "Americana", Doylestown, PA. 2018
The Delaware River Town's Project, with Bill Brokaw Photography. French town, and Lambertville, New Jersey
Northampton Library, PA, exhibited "Birds on the Wire"
Churchville Nature Center, PA. Won 2018 "Best in Show" for Photo "Birds on the Wire"
Ann's Choice, Warrington, PA
Rydal Park, Jenkintown, PA "Untitled"
----Assignments----
Competition Committee Member - Cheltenham Camera Club, Wyncote, PA
Website Content Writer - Bristol Photographers Club, Bristol, PA
Print Competition Committee - Bristol Photographers Club, Bristol PA
Meadowbrook Project - Cheltenham Camera Club, Wyncote, pa
Board Member - Huntingdon Valley Camera Club - Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Noble Dentistry, Abington, PA
Susie Sapienza, Saugus, MA