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Owning my own portrait studio has been a dream and goal since high school. Many detours and much experience later, I am at a point in my life where it is now a reality. I started with a degree in Business Management. I knew I had to be able to not only take pictures, but run a successful business. Shortly after, I graduated from The Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology, specializing in Portrait Photography. This taught me the technical side of lighting, posing, and image making. I worked for Terry Crumley, M.Photog., and gained experience in the behind the scenes work of getting prints ready for the client. I also interned at Younce Photography during my final quarter at OIP&T and learned creative posing and wedding photography. I later returned to Younce Photography and worked at Image Masters developing prints for the studio. There I also learned Photoshop basics and digital retouching. I have won various awards for my prints and have had work published. My goal is not only to give my clients portraits that will be cherished investments, but to teach my children the value of hard work and never giving up on your goals. The next step for me as a photogrpher is to become certified as a Professional Photographer through PPA. With my talents from God, the support of my husband and children and you as my customer, this will be a reality too.