If you want to know what someone fears losing.... watch what they photograph

Smile for the Camera! 

My Sister's graduation from Penn State University. 

Karl Lagerfeld once said, “What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”   If you want to know something about me... look through my camera lens.  

I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania called Latrobe.  It's the home of professional football, Rolling Rock beer, Mister Rodgers, and the first banana split.  Growing up in 'farm country' I needed to pick up a hobby so I wouldn't become a 'hillbilly' as the native call it, so I picked up a camera in 2nd grade. Of course my first camera was one that I could instantly take the picture and do the Polaroid shake to develop it.  I moved on from the shake to the famous little kid instant sticker photos.  My parents were always finding stickers on the walls, couches, and even, yes, even on the bathroom toilet.  I wanted everyone to see my pictures.  As I grew older, I was allowed to use my mom's camera on vacation.  I was so excited to be using a 'professional' camera- I took 2,000 pictures of Disney World!! 

Of course, my parents finally bought into the 'puppy eye' looks when I was 18 and I received my first professional camera... of course they hung this over my head so I wouldn't ask for a car.  (little did they know, they would have to drive me around to ALL the places I wanted to take pictures of..hehehe) 

My first camera... and my first photo... 

My neighbors horse... my parents house is in his eye 

 I bet you were thinking I took a picture and it got photo-bombed... in this case, I actually knew how to use a camera.  Now, a story behind the picture... I got in trouble for climbing a fence on private property and feeding an unknown horse carrots so I could get a 'cool' picture of his eye!  BUT the owner bought the photo and it now sits in his living room. 

So as for me... I'm a 4th year Kindergarten Teacher in Northern VA, pursuing her Masters Degree in Integration of Technology in Schools and a lover of Photography and telling a story through pictures.  

Sapphire, NC 

A picture is truly worth a thousand words... 

Coolest blind turtle I met while working at Seaworld Orlando