About Me

Photography became my passion after a short trip to the Basque country. Everything was so colorful and visually appealing; I just wanted to capture it all. It made me see things in a new way when I returned home. I started reading books about how to take better pictures and taking workshops, in person and online.

For portraits, I love to show the connection and tenderness shared by people who love each other.

For everything else, anything goes.

I consider myself a digital artist, with photography shaped by Photoshop as my medium. I shoot almost anything that appeals to me, but keep only the images that particularly speak to me or might be useful in the future for a composite. I really don’t want to have an image that’s the same as other people have taken.

Awards and Honors

“Touching His Heart, Too” January 2016 Southern California Council of Camera Clubs, Skill Level A

“Christa with Butterfly” Pictorial – Creative Digital Award (October 2014 Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C) Competition, Skill Level E)

” “Woodland Elf in Green” First Place (Photography), Manhattan Beach “Outside the Lines” Art Show, June-July 2015

“When Fear Came”, First Place, New England Camera Club Council
Projected Image Interclub Competition: Fall 2021, Pictorial A

Council on Aging – Southern California Aging As Art juried photography show. Displayed at Bowers Museum . July 2019

Image of the Year (Themes), Gateway Camera Club, May 2025

Image of the Year (Creative), Gateway Camera Club, May 2025