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When my parents bought a retired camera from a photographer friend to be used for fun and recreation, I quickly gravitated towards it as a young girl. I walked around capturing without a care in the world. The green clovers, the rust on the pasture gates, and of course my most worthy subjects, my beloved animals. I love taking their pictures and I would get lose in their worlds when I looked at them through the lens.

I stopped taking photos when we moved from the farm, but photography tapped me on my shoulder again at age 17 when I enlisted in the Air Force National Guard. My top three career fields within the Air Guard where security forces, meteorology, and photography. I dwindled it down to meteorology and security forces. With a big nudge from my mom, I chose photography, which to this day I stand by as the best job in the military, and absolutely the most aligned choice for my heart. (thanks momma)

After deciding not to reenlist, I felt the pull of the camera tap on my shoulder again a few years later. I purchased my own to see what that feeling was about, and I’m so happy I did. I continue to grow with it and it is now becoming a regular part of my artistic expression with my animals. I’ve also turned my lens toward awareness work—documenting horse auctions, retired battery cage hens being resold at feed stores, and any other animal I come across that I feel called to experience through my camera.