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In 1996, SEE Shore Photography opened in Newburyport, MA. Since then I have taught hundreds of children and adults beginner and advanced photography classes and photographed professionally. My students have become professional photographers, build dynamic portfolios to apply to colleges and exhibit in the area’s most distinguished galleries.
I love being both a photography teacher and professional photographer
(Please visit my wedding, event and portrait photography web site, www.seeshorephotostudio.com) I am continually amazed and inspired by both my students work and as a photographer. (Please visit my web page, student's photographs) Being a photographer inspires me to teach my students about what it means to be a professional photographer, the good, the bad, and everything in between in the field of photography.
I began my love of photography in my family’s living room in the 1970’s. We use to watch slide shows that my Dad would put together on his Kodak carousels. He used a Nikon Nikkormat to photograph all of our family holidays, vacations, and birthday parties and partly these images is what began my love of photography.
As a teenager, I was given my first camera, a 110 Kodak underwater camera. Just like my Dad, I fell in love with taking photographs. As I began my college education, my Dad gave me his Nikon camera to take my first photography class with Bill Short at Bradford College. I quickly fell in love with photography and decided to get a B.A. with a concentration in photography.
After gradating college, I headed west and received a photography technical certification from the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana. There I learned to master my photography skills by learning from some of the world’s most accomplished photographers such as, Galen Rowell, Dennis Darling, and Bruce Barnbaum (Ansel Adam's student).
After graduating, I assisted a professional photographer, taught art and photography classes at various community art centers, including the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, MA and then decided to get my Master’s in Education in Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University. This helped me to become the best photography teacher I could be for my students.
As a photographer, I think its important to exhibit my work as well. I have a permanent photography exhibit at the Portsmouth Children’s Museum in Portsmouth, NH, as well as have exhibited my photograph’s locally and nationally.
I also have worked in local galleries, like the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester, MA. I learned how to curate art work and manage the daily operations, which in turn has prepared me to teach my students about exhibiting their work.
In addition, I also teach Intro. to Photography and Photojournalism at Quincy College.
My husband Brad, who is also a professional photographer along with my dog, Wyatt who as of right now, chooses bones over cameras, live on Plum Island, Massachusetts.
I love being both a photography teacher and professional photographer
(Please visit my wedding, event and portrait photography web site, www.seeshorephotostudio.com) I am continually amazed and inspired by both my students work and as a photographer. (Please visit my web page, student's photographs) Being a photographer inspires me to teach my students about what it means to be a professional photographer, the good, the bad, and everything in between in the field of photography.
I began my love of photography in my family’s living room in the 1970’s. We use to watch slide shows that my Dad would put together on his Kodak carousels. He used a Nikon Nikkormat to photograph all of our family holidays, vacations, and birthday parties and partly these images is what began my love of photography.
As a teenager, I was given my first camera, a 110 Kodak underwater camera. Just like my Dad, I fell in love with taking photographs. As I began my college education, my Dad gave me his Nikon camera to take my first photography class with Bill Short at Bradford College. I quickly fell in love with photography and decided to get a B.A. with a concentration in photography.
After gradating college, I headed west and received a photography technical certification from the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana. There I learned to master my photography skills by learning from some of the world’s most accomplished photographers such as, Galen Rowell, Dennis Darling, and Bruce Barnbaum (Ansel Adam's student).
After graduating, I assisted a professional photographer, taught art and photography classes at various community art centers, including the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, MA and then decided to get my Master’s in Education in Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University. This helped me to become the best photography teacher I could be for my students.
As a photographer, I think its important to exhibit my work as well. I have a permanent photography exhibit at the Portsmouth Children’s Museum in Portsmouth, NH, as well as have exhibited my photograph’s locally and nationally.
I also have worked in local galleries, like the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester, MA. I learned how to curate art work and manage the daily operations, which in turn has prepared me to teach my students about exhibiting their work.
In addition, I also teach Intro. to Photography and Photojournalism at Quincy College.
My husband Brad, who is also a professional photographer along with my dog, Wyatt who as of right now, chooses bones over cameras, live on Plum Island, Massachusetts.
