Since a young child in grade school, I have always loved birds, wanted to photograph them and become a falconer.  My earliest interest in nature photography came from a colorful photographic bird guide containing images that completely mesmerized me.  Although it wasn’t until I was middle aged before equipping myself with serious photography gear and learning how to use it, I learned as much as I can admiring and studying pictures in nature magazines and reading photography critic forums.  Published, major award-winning images were my inspiration.

As a serious enthusiastic hobbyist taking up nature photography in 2009 after learning how to post-process my late husband’s nature images on Photoshop.  I did for that for several years and learned a lot about photography just from doing that.  Birds are my favorite objects to photograph and being based in Florida, there is a very nice variety of avian species to seek outI’ve had the honor of receiving numerous awards from the North American Nature Photographers Association, Highly Honored images from the Windland Smith Rice Nature's Best Photography Awards, Audubon Photography Awards, Share the View International Nature Photography Contest, among others. 

Professional roles: Photographer

Location: United States