The thrill of photography captured me at the age of seven when I was given a 110 camera to document a family trip. In high school, I studied art and dance but never enrolled in a photography class. Instead, a kind science teacher taught me how to process and print film in the school darkroom, so I could indulge my creativity whenever I wished, independent of a supervised class.

In 1991, at the age of 18, I left Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Tempe, Arizona, where I lived for one and a half years before continuing my travels with temporary homes on Jupiter Island, Florida and Fisher's Island, New York. In 1994, I settled down in the western mountains of Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Photography was used to record the details of my life, yet remained nothing more than a hobby.

In 1995, I moved one town south, to Kingfield, population 1,100. In 1997, at the age of 23, I decided to return to school. I enrolled in general courses at the University of Maine in Farmington, 30 minutes away, with the intension of transferring to a nursing school. My ultimate goal was to be a pediatric surgical nurse, yet my yearning to be a photographer kept me questioning my true calling. I was torn between a career in the medical field or in the arts. Long story short, after a series of unexpected detours and discoveries, I decided to jump into photography with both feet. I never looked back and before I was done, I earned two degrees from the University of Maine at Augusta, a two and a half hour round trip commute that I made up to 3 times a week. The first was an Associate of Arts in Photography (Magna cum Laude) in December of 2000, and then a Bachelor of Arts Joint BA in Art and Photography (Magna cum Laude) in May of 2002.

I have been making my living as a photographer since 1998, when I started my career at the same time I started to study photography at University. I am thankful to be able make a living doing what I love.

My decision to become a photographer was the right one. I even met my husband, Andrérom Ottawa, while photographing his cousinn's wedding in Maine in 2000. We married in September of 2003. It was at that time that I moved to Wakefield, Quebec, an area so similar in its natural splendor to Maine, that I felt right at home. In September of 2005 we had a prefab home "delivered" to our beautiful wooded lot and we began to make it our own. Our daughter, Quinlyn, was delivered to us, naturally, with the help of our amazing midwife and doula, in May of 2006.

Settling down doesn't come easy for me, so I was not surprised when my husband, who works in the ski industry, was head hunted for a job in the Canadian Rockies, in September of 2006 (many big things happen to us in September). It had always been Andre's dream to spend time skiing out west, so the opportunity to also live and work there was just too great to pass up! Q and I joined him in Canmore, Alberta, on December 1st, 2006. We all moved to Banff, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and all around beautiful and creatively inspiring place in May of 2007.

To indulge my spirit of wanderlust and to fuel my creative inspiration, I travel to the chosen environments of my portrait clients, whether they live down the street or halfway around the globe. Inevitably, serving my clients and exploring these new places contributes valuably to the fine art photography that I create as an artist. I have intentional chosen to balance working in both the commercial and art realms. I find that together they blend into a unique harmony that appeals not only to a bliss filled expectant mother, but also to the artist who is looking for an innovative way to market their services, and again to the art enthusiast seeking an image that moves them to want to have it grace their wall. I look forward to future opportunities put my heart and soul into my work. Thank you for your interest.

For more information on Tiffany including awards, grants, and press, please go to Tiffany's CV