HOW A FLORIDA GIRL ENDED UP AS A TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHER…
BORN OF THE SEA AND THE SAND..
I GREW UP NEAR THE WATERS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA, SPENDING MY DAYS SURFING, DIVING, AND SOAKING UP THE SUN. IN 2019, I FOUND ROCK CLIMBING AND BECAME ADDICTED, BUT WITH NO OUTDOOR CLIMBING IN FLORIDA, I MADE THE MOVE WEST IN SPRING 2022 TO EMBRACE NEW ADVENTURES AND LANDSCAPES. IN SPRING OF 2025, I MOVED TO CHATT, TN WHERE I KNOW LIVE PART OF THE YEAR.
SEA SAND TO RED SAND STONE…
I’M CURRENTLY BASED IN CHATTANOOGA, TN, WHERE I RUN A PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS SERVING THE SOUTHEAST. I HAVE JUST RELOCATED FROM SPENDING 3 YEARS IN THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN UTAH! WHEN I'M NOT BEHIND THE CAMERA, YOU’LL LIKELY FIND ME DEFYING GRAVITY ON A CLIMBING WALL OR DISCOVERING NEW PLACES TO EXPLORE.
I’M SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE, AND ABOUT TIME. I TRULE BELIVE TIME ONLY MOVES IN ONE DIRECTION AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PUT VALUE INTO THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, DO WHAT YOU LOVE, WITH WHO YOU LOVE. IN THAT WAY THE GARDEN PHOTO CO BEGAN, IN HOPES OF CAPTURING THOSE LOVE STORIES- LOVE STORIES FOR LIFE AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN IT
HEYO, MY NAME IS RINA
I AM HERE FOR EVERY TYPE OF ADVENTURE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC NEEDS MAY TAKE ME. FROM THE SAND, TO THE SEA TO THE TALLEST PEAKS!
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I AM HERE FOR EVERY TYPE OF ADVENTURE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC NEEDS MAY TAKE ME. FROM THE SAND, TO THE SEA TO THE TALLEST PEAKS! 〰️
EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN PHOTOGRAPHY THAT TELLS YOUR STORY.
HERE FOR THE LAUGHS, JOY AND MOMENTS THAT MAKE US HUMAN.
FROM MOODY COASTAL SHORES, TO BRIGHT WARM SANDSTONE CAVES, I AM REALLY SO IN…
CHECK OUT MY BLOG BELOW ABOUT MY TRUCK CAMPER DAYS, CLICK BELOW!
OKAY, BUT HOW DID YOU GET HERE…
INTRODUCING MY FUR BABY, WILEY
MY USUAL PARTNER IN CRIME AND ADVENTURE, IS MY AUSSIE WILEY. SHE HAS BEEN THE BEST COMPANION THROUGH MY YEARS ON THE BEACH AND IN THE MOUNTAINS…
SHE WAS ALSO MY FIRST MODEL, CHECK OUT HER PUP PORTFOLIO WITH THE LINK BELOW
WHAT STARTED IT ALL..
SOME OF MY FAVORITE IMAGES FROM CLIMBING IN THE SOUTH EAST
CLIMBING QUITE LITERALLY WAS MY “GATEWAY’ INTO PHOTOGRAPHY. I GOT A CANON DSRL SL2 IN EARLY HIGH SCHOOL BUT NEVER TOOK PHOTOS OUTSIDE OF MY YARD. WHEN I STARTED CLIMBING, I BROUGHT THE CAMERA ALONG FOR THE RIDE. AND WITH THAT, I STARTED TO DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN CAPTURE EMOTION, AMBITION AND STRUGGLE ALL IN A STILL. IT WAS FOR NO ONE BUT MYSLEF AND MY FRIENDS. IN THOSE CONDITIONS, I GREW A LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND HOW IT COULD CAPTURE THE NARRATIVE OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
TODAY OUTSIDE OF MY BUSINESS I STILL TAKE PHOTOS FOR FUN, ESPECIALLY ON CLIMBING TRIPS! I ALSO WORK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMBERS FESTIVAL IN WYOMING PART OF THE YEAR IN THE PHOTO/MARKETING SIDE OF THINGS. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT MY BUSINESS BEGUN EARNING A SOMETHING THROUGH MY PASSION, BUT I DON’T WANT TO FORGET TO ‘FEED’ THE ROOTS.
SOME OF MY FAVORITE IMAGES FROM CLIMBING IN THE WEST
