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I am now elevating my passion for photography, and taking it to the next level, and that started when I joined the Orlando Camera Club in 2015. I recently retired from my career as a legal receptionist for the last 25 years, and am trading in my headset for a Sony A7iii Mirrorless with all the accoutrements…I like to say that I’m now “unplugged and rewired!”

I like all genres of photography, but my personal favorites are macro (flowers), landscapes, nature and architecture. There is no better place to explore this passion than with OCC.

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Her pursuit of the photographic arts is “a search for those powerful opportunities when light, detail and perspective unite to produce an evocative image of moment and meaning.”  She works in both color and black and white to create images that encompass a diverse variety of styles and subjects.

Originally from Northern Virginia, Laura was an active member of the League of Reston Artists, the Vienna Photographic Society and the Northern Virginia Photographic Society.  She now resides in Clermont, Florida and is currently a member of the South Lake Art League, the South Lake Photo Club, the Orlando Camera Club and the In-Focus Camera Club.

Primarily a self-taught photographer, her education includes photography courses from the Northern Virginia Community College as well as several workshops from well-respected photographers.

Her unique images have won numerous awards with the Vienna Photographic Society, the Northern Virginia Photographic Society the League of Reston Artists, the South Lake Photo Club, the Orlando Camera Club and the Florida Camera Club Council. Her image, “Hidden Egret”, won The Image of the Year award 2019 at the Orlando Camera Club’s year-end Banquet.

She is currently a member of the Artisans gallery in Mount Dora, Florida.

Her work has also been chosen for various exhibits with the Winter Garden Art Association’s SoBo Art Gallery in Winter Garden, FL.

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Ansa du Toit

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Ansa du Toit, who grew up in South Africa, resides in Orlando, Florida, with her husband and two children.  Originally inspired by her father’s enthusiasm for photography, Ansa now works as a professional photographer, shooting creative portraits, headshots and weddings.  She also produces fine art images that includes landscapes, abstracts, macro and amazing high-speed water photography.  Ansa’s work has been exhibited at Crealdè School of Art, Osceola Arts, the Winter Garden Art Gallery and a show titled ‘Composing with Color’ in Paris.  She is a certified Florida Camera Club Council (F3C) judge and has taught high school photography.

As an artist, Ansa feels that capturing the light is everything!  Its elusive quality can transform a figure or a landscape in just a matter of seconds.  She strives to convey that sense of place and emotion by capturing its fleeting magic with her camera.  Her work wins many awards from the Orlando Camera Club and achieves high scores in F3C competitions.  Samples of her work can be viewed at www.AnsaduToit.com.

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Donna King

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Susan Mace

Communications

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Mary Wood

Director of Membership

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Al Aikens

Field Trips

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Shara Abel

Social Media

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Each piece begins with her imagination and multiple layers of her original photos. Incorporating a detailed process of dismantling, editing, and reconstruction Shara creates a new, unique piece of art which then tells a story of its own.

These stories are offered to viewers as an opportunity to pause, reflect and connect with the emotional and spiritual dimensions within themselves and others.

Shara has always sensed a kindred spirit to surrealism, as well the blending of different patterns, colors, and elements.  Add in the unusual and thought-provoking aspects of life and it seemed a natural progression to merge these styles together into her own work.

In 2019 Shara completed the New York Institute of Photography program and continues to learn by persistent study and experimentation.  She is very grateful to the artists and photographers who have shared their knowledge along the way.

Her work has been well received and won many awards. It has appeared in multiple exhibits, at museums and galleries, used commercially and is held in private collections.

Inspiration comes to Shara in many forms… things she sees, feels, dreams, imagines, and believes in.  She states that an exciting part of the adventure is never knowing what the next story will be.

Annette Khaled

Education

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Mike Vincent

Parliamentarian

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Pat Husband

Director of IT and Webmaster

Past President (2021-2022)

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Deborah Seaman

Past President (2022-2023)

My journey with photography began on the other side of the camera as a fashion model in my teens and twenties. I was fascinated by the lighting, color, and the composition of a fashion shoot. I had always been active in artistic pursuits such as painting and design, but I had never used a camera for more than snapshots. Luckily, one of the photographers that I was working with saw my interest and loaned me his Nikon F2. Of course, as were all cameras at that time, it was a film format. I learned a lot during that period and later was given a Pentax K1000, which I still have today. When the first Nikon DSLR came out, I decided to switch formats to digital and with the advent of the mirrorless format, I now use the Nikon Z6 as my main camera.

Before the pandemic I shot a lot of events and street photography with my husband and muse, Randy. I like to catch interesting people being themselves. What draws me to a subject is texture and detail whether it is in color or black and white. I love to capture macro images, abstracts, people, and architecture in a way that conveys an emotion or story. Some have said that my work is dark and moody which I take as a compliment.

Past President (2020-2021)

Ansa du Toit, who grew up in South Africa, resides in Orlando, Florida, with her husband and two children.  Originally inspired by her father’s enthusiasm for photography, Ansa now works as a professional photographer, shooting creative portraits, headshots and weddings.  She also produces fine art images that includes landscapes, abstracts, macro and amazing high-speed water photography.  Ansa’s work has been exhibited at Crealdè School of Art, Osceola Arts, the Winter Garden Art Gallery and a show titled ‘Composing with Color’ in Paris.  She is a certified Florida Camera Club Council (F3C) judge and has taught high school photography.

As an artist, Ansa feels that capturing the light is everything!  Its elusive quality can transform a figure or a landscape in just a matter of seconds.  She strives to convey that sense of place and emotion by capturing its fleeting magic with her camera.  Her work wins many awards from the Orlando Camera Club and achieves high scores in F3C competitions.  Samples of her work can be viewed at www.AnsaduToit.com.

Past President (2019-2020)

Julie Lee

Past President (2016-2017)

Barry Kirsch

Past President (2015-2016)

“I find that the smallest details are often what reveal the biggest and most intriguing facets of a story,” says Barry.  “My work leverages those often over-looked details to create stunning images that captivate viewers and beckon them to lean in and discover more.”

Barry’s signature style is anchored in: his mastery of unconventional lighting techniques; his use of uncommon angles and composition; and his artful ability to powerfully communicate complex feeling and mood with a single photographic image.

Barry is a member of the National Press Photographers Association, WPPI, Lightstalkers and founder of iPress News and Iron Robot Films.  His new role as Director of the feature film, “Chasing Photons” is the logical next step in his career.

Cliff Morris Jr.

Past President (2014-2015)

I am a photography hobbyist who enjoys taking lifestyle images, landscapes, and occasional portraits.  I began a more serious photographic journey while raising my children with my wife Angela.  My first camera was an Olympus OM-10 film camera.  We made beautiful images over a significant period of our younger lives.  With teaching and continuing my graduate schooling, I fell away from photography.

I was invited by People to People International to visit the country of South Africa with 37 Mathematics colleagues in the year 2000. Digital photography was just seriously hitting the markets.  A great friend and manager of the Valencia bookstore Dee Dee Tighe first offered, then sold me a Sony digital camera to take to South Africa.  It was an immediate hit with both the travelers (we viewed the daily images at an internet café each evening and sent 10 – 15 images over the web to my wife, an elementary school teacher) and the children and school staff we encountered.  Our colleagues on the trip, Angela’s faculty cohorts, and I were enthralled with this burgeoning technology and I was hooked. Needless to say, I have collected as of this date, over 37,000 images taken over the last several years. I currently own a Nikon D700 and Fujifilm xt-1.