Laria Saunders
Laria Saunders is an award-winning photographer from California with a passion for photography that spans three decades. She comes from a family of artists, is self-taught and has a BA from UCLA/World Arts & Culture. She started off as a dancer/teacher until 1998 when she became disabled with Chronic Migraines, Partial Transverse Myelitis and other pain syndromes. Severe pain caused total isolation for many years including seven months of hospitalization and continues to disable her today. Thanks to the support of her partner, James she is able to pursue her love for abstract, nature and street photography and just completed a five-year abstract collection. Laria currently lives in East Bay, San Francisco.
Laria Saunders
Camera Gear: Nikon D600 and Nikon D800
Lenses: Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, 85mm f/1.8, 35mm f/1.4,
50mm f/1.8, Zeiss 100mm f/2,
Flash: Nikon SB900 AF Speedlight, Elinchrom RX Quadra with A Head,
Elinchrom BXRi 500 Strobes
Tripod: Gitzo with Manfrotto 405 Pro Geared Head
Current Location: Oakland, California, United States
Portfolio: http://www.lariasaunders.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LariaSaunders
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lariafineartphotography
Best Achievements & Exhibitions:
1st Place | Photo of the Month | 15th Month
2nd Place | Photo of the Month | 41st Month
Light & Composition Top 100 Photographers
Some of Laria Saunders’s Most Popular Award Achievements
Valley of Grace, by Laria Saunders
This was taken in Yosemite National Park in the Winter of 2010. Using a tripod I set-up shop with at least a dozen other photographers who had all claimed their...
Inside the Pansy, by Laria Saunders
This was taken in Montreux, Switzerland in 2010. Here I am attempting to capture the essence of the Pansy flower. Using macro mode with low depth of field helpe...
Recent Reflections Based on Laria Saunders’s Photographs
Surreal or not
A very long time ago in a forgotten dream.
I saw some butterflies were making rain
Of colors that might cover the world.
Change the lives and bring the lau...
Remember the Thorns!
Where does the end of horizon lie? You think you’re just there. But no! You’re never there. Like the fluttering butterfly your journey’s end keeps changing its ...
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