What inspires a photographer? My journey began photographing product for my business. I founded a company that provided fashionable headscarves to women and girls with medical hair loss. Photos needed to be updated constantly and the expense of a photographer led me to my first camera about 5 years ago. I’ve since sold the company but my love for photography has continued to grow. I’m constantly looking for new places, people, food, new colors – just about anything and everything appeals to me through my lens. Suddenly light shapes, colors, textures, people, buildings, trees, flowers…. everything around me looks different when I start to see the world as a photographer.
For me, an image captures more emotion than your native eye or a written word. Lingering on images that I have taken and reliving the scene, person or thing is like reading my favorite story over and over again only with the benefit of a visual companion. I love to study the light and the composition and see how I can tell the story through the lens. Everyday objects can be exciting when I think of them as capturing a moment in time. Once I started to notice details I realized there was beauty all around me. My photography allows me to share my perspective with others; it allows me to tell my story and for that I am grateful. As the lens opens to capture an image, so do my eyes.
