About

I am often asked how and why I got started as a photographer.  I have always admired Nature and loved to capture it's beauty, such as I could with the 110 film camera or disposable cameras I had on hand.  It wasn't until I had my first daughter that I started playing with digital photography.  I started with a Fujifilm Finepix and started learning the basics of Shutter speed and Aperture.  I would get lucky and get some good images of my daughter and her friends.  Then, when my second daughter was born, I was introduced to Newborn and Child Photography by the very talented Lisa Hoang of Windwardskies and Simply Baby Photography when she photographed my then 10 day old and 20 month old.  I was so impressed by how she captured them so well that it soon became my mission to learn more.  A very good friend of mine was also interested in photography and we goaded each other on and pretty much had a camera in our hands at all times just practicing.  

It became an obsession to be creative not only with light, but with my subjects, as well.  Of course, who did I have to practice on at all times?  My two daughters!  I must say that they are not the easiest of subjects.  They were faster than my camera!  I had to upgrade because of the shutter lag(the time between pressing the button and the camera taking the picture) on my Fuji.  So I upgraded to a Canon 40D.  A whole new world was opened up to me then!  The things that that camera would do that the Fuji just couldn't compete with!  No longer did I miss pictures of my speedy girls !  I was able to play more with aperture and depth of field to separate subject and background.  

I wanted to capture every moment of their lives especially since my husband is a Marine and was deployed for the first 6 1/2 months of Colleen's, my second daughter, life.  I didn't want him to miss anything.  Even after he came home, I was driven to document their lives to the best of my ability.  I wanted to really capture their personality, their every expression and quirky gesture.  (My daughter is gonna hate me for posting this one! :D )

I soon realized it wasn't only my own kids and family that I wanted to capture!  Everywhere I turned was something I just had to capture.  Childhood is so fleeting and so many things easily forgotten in the pace of today's family life.

Now, I love to capture those moments for other people like I have been capturing them for my own daughters, family and friends.  

The laughter and the sweet moments…

The mischievous personalities…

And the private happy moments that should be remembered in times of strife.

I thought to show you my beautiful inspirations, my daughters.  Without them, I may never have found my passion for Photography.  

My incredibly smart and precocious soon-to-be Kindergartener, Elizabeth.

My very mischievous and persistent 3 year old, Colleen.

I only hope that they don't hate being in front of the camera as much as I do as they grow up!  My passion for Photography comes second only to my passion for my family.

 Thereasa Gwinn, Photographer

 

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