Ellen-Photographer & Stroke Survivor

Long Version:

I began creating images when I found out that I was going to be moving to Georgia to go to graduate school for physical therapy.  I was excited, but sad.  I was leaving everything and everyone I knew behind in Mississippi. I only had a point and shoot, but I would take a roll of film (pre-digital!) a day and have it developed that day so I could see what I could do to improve.

3 months later I moved to Georgia.  

2 months after that I had a massive cerebral hemorrhage and lost the ability to read, write, speak or feel my right arm (among other things).  

After a couple of years of speech and other therapies, I found that going back to school was not feasible for me, but that photography was a gift that God had given me.  

I love being able to create custom art for people so that they too can capture those fleeting moments in time and enjoy them in their homes as wall art and art books.

Life is a blessing.  I've been blessed twice.  

Cliff Notes Version:

~ PHOTOGRAPHY (but no ugly bugs, yuck!) ~ READING (but not sci-fi) 
~ CATS (we have 4) 
~ LISTS (of everything) 
~ TRAVELLING (road trips!) 
~ CREATING 
~ 5 hour ENERGY 
~ KIWI-STRAWBERRY PROPEL (addicted) 
~ PEONIES 
~ NAPS 
~ blues, greens & purples 
~ AUNT to 2 adorable nieces (oldest and tallest niece pictured here with me:) 
~ random TRIVIA 
~ romance 
~ MISSISSIPPI (have lived in Ocean Springs, Cleveland, Jackson) 
~ Gulf Coast 
~ rocks & minerals (fluorite) 
~ TENNIS (ALTA & USTA) ~   

Meet Me

Ron-Photographer,Industrial Designer, Mad Scientist & more 

Ron-

Photographer

Industrial Designer

 Mad Scientist

 & more 

Cliff Notes Version:

~PHOTOGRAPHY (actually in National Geographic!)
~MAKER (of cool stuff)
~TOOLS (hasn't met one he didn't like to my knowlege) 
~MICROSCOPES 
~SPACE (however you want to take it...outer space or space for tools:)
~GLASS BLOWING (during cool months)
~ROCK SCULPTING (abstracts)
~TENNIS (ALTA & watching)
~rocks & minerals (digging & collecting)
~son (to Carl), father (to Stephanie, David, Sarah & Kyle) & grandfather
~READING (more often than not, listening to CDs...he likes sci-fi)
~BLACKSMITHING 
~wants to go to MARS (not gonna happen)
~TRAVELER (mostly the Americas)
~CHERRY COKE (or just a jar of cherries!)

Long Version:

Ron began taking photographs for his work as an industrial designer.  When they would finish a project they would need photographs of the completed piece.  Not satisfied with the average, Ron enrolled in a night school and completed a program for photographers, learning all of the technical side of photography to go along with his natural artistic ability.  

Since then, he has honed his skills photographing an amazing range of subjects, including polar bears in Churchill, Canada, bald eagles in Homer, Alaska, & endangered species in Ecuador & Panama.  

When asked which of his images is his favorite, he answers, "The one I haven't taken yet."
 

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