About
Hi, and thank you for visiting! I’m Laurie, and I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. I’ve been taking pictures for most of my life, but only started becoming truly obsessed with it in the last two or three years. It has come to be so important to me, and such a big and meaningful part of my life. I love all kinds of photography, be it travel, architectural, landscapes, portraits, self-portraits, or nature. Each one seems to provide a different type of outlet for me. I absolutely love going out shooting and just losing myself in it. There’s nothing better. Except for the feeling of actually touching somebody with my work.
I graduated from the New York Institute of Photography.
My work has been displayed in several art galleries and art/photography shows:
- ShutterBudd’s photography show, themed “Everyday”, on display at zpizza restaurant in Mountain View, CA in December, 2008
- ShutterBudd’s photography show, themed “Celebration”, on display at zpizza restaurant and Sweet Corner in Mountain View, CA, in February, 2009
- ShutterBudd’s photography show, themed “Animals and Wildlife”, on display at zpizza restaurant and Sweet Corner in Mountain View, CA, in March, 2009
- ShutterBudd’s photography show, themed “Signs”, on display at zpizza restaurant and Sweet Corner in Mountain View, CA, in April, 2009
- “Broken” show, at the Sixth Street Gallery in Vancouver, WA, in April, 2009
- ShutterBudd’s photography show, themed “Textures”; to be on display at zpizza and Sweet Corner in Mountain View, CA, in May, 2009
- Metro’s South First Fridays photo show and exhibit, themed “I Live Here”, showing for the month of June, 2009, in San Jose, CA
-“This Town” exhibit, at Eclectix Gallery in El Cerrito, CA; showing July 3 – August 16, 2009
-2009 National Juried Exhibition, at the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, CA; July 10 – August 23, 2009
-A video/slide show made up of 50 of my self portraits played in the Red Bluff Art Gallery during the month of April, 2010.
-Arts Council of San Leandro Juried Art Exhibition, April, 2010. Won 2nd place.
-“What Lies Above, Below, and Through” exhibit at the Linda Ryan Fine Art Gallery in Livermore, CA, May – June, 2010
-Featured artist in the store Murphy’s Paws for Pleasanton’s 3rd Thursdays Art Walk, Oct. 2010
-Featured artist in the store Pans On Fire for Pleasanton’s 3rd Thursdays Art Walk, Oct. 2010
-Trillium Gallery, near Woodstock, NY, on display beginning December, 2010
-Axis Art Gallery, San Jose, CA, beginning March 2011
The following are some publications in which I’ve been included, along with some other honors:
-I had a photo published in F-Stop Magazine’s October 2009 issue.
-I was a selected finalist in ArtScene Today’s “Erogenous Zones” competition in November 2009, and published in their printed exhibition catalog.
-My photo, “Special”, won first place in ArtScene Today’s “words, words, words” competition in December 2009. This image was published on the cover of their printed exhibition catalog.
-Published in the online publication, Earthmonster Ink, December 2009.
-Published in the online publication, Earthmonster Illustrated, December 2009, and chosen as having one of the best images of 2009.
-Two photos of mine chosen as selected finalists in ArtScene Today’s “My Personal Best” juried exhibition, and published in their exhibition catalog, February 2010.
-A photo published in the blog, “Touched By Fire”, April 2010.
-Published in “Pink Panther Magazine”, Issue 3, online and in print, May 8, 2010.
-Contributed to the project “Moment In Time”, on the New York Times’ photo blog, Lens, May 11, 2010.
-Published in the blog, “Touched By Fire”, Sept. 19, 2010.
-Published in the blog, “Touched By Fire”, Nov. 1, 2010.
-Published in the blog, “Touched By Fire”, Feb. 20, 2011.
-Published in “Pink Panther Magazine”, online Feb. 3, 2011.
-Published in “Pink Panther Magazine”, online March 16, 2011.
-Published in “Bay Nature Magazine”, in print and online, April-June 2011 issue.
-Published in “Pink Panther Magazine”, Issue 14, online and in print, Nov. 1, 2011.
-Published in “Pink Panther Magazine”, Issue 17, online and in print, Aug. 21, 2012.
-Published in “USA Artists News & Grand Canyon Info” online newspaper, throughout September, October, and November, 2012, and continuing into 2013…
-Named Photographer of the Week and published in “Northern Point Photography Blog”, Feb. 2013.