About Me
I started learning photography from my dad, Ziggy, when I was about 12 years old. He taught me on his old 35mm film cameras, a Canon AE-1 and a Yashica FX-D. I started working with him helping with weddings and portrait sessions, holding lights and reflectors, lugging equipment, and learning all of the tricks of the trade. Soon enough, I was working as a second shooter and by high school age, I was leading my own shoots. I got to transition through all of the major technological changes of photography - starting with film, transitioning to dSLRs, and now mirrorless. And now that film is trendy again, I get to pick up the first cameras I started with!
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Fun facts about me
- I love lifting weights and strength training. I was a competitive powerlifter for a time and I'll talk your ear off about lifting if you're not careful.
- I studied classical piano growing up and took a minor in music at WWU. I also played flute through high school.
- I have a habit of constantly picking up new hobbies. My current main hobbies are gardening (fair-weather hobby) and knitting/crocheting (crappy weather hobby). Other hobbies I've dabbled in include rock climbing, flower arranging, sourdough bread baking, leathercrafting, woodworking, beer brewing, papercrafting, sewing, canning, etc. etc. etc.
- My husband and I fully gutted and renovated our house in Shoreline by ourselves over the course of 14 months.
- I have a Canadian cat with a Polish name - Pikuś (pronounced pee-koosh). He is the sweetest, most gentle-hearted boy that couldn't even hurt a fly (literally).
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