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Meet the Photographer
Now a resident of Dripping Springs, Texas, Patty was originally from San Antonio but also spent a dozen years as a kid traveling around the country with her Air Force family. During that time she developed her love for the outdoors and nature. After studying photography in undergraduate school, working on the staff of a U.S. Congressman in Washington, D.C., then practicing law for three decades, Patty now devotes all of her time to photography. Her lifelong passion for photography has now evolved into creating beautiful photographic images through the best use of light, space and time. Whether it’s seeking out wildlife or landscapes in remote locations, setting up an on-location portrait or covering a story about a local business, Patty uses her camera to tell the best story possible for subject and the client. Her areas of interest and expertise include architecture, wildlife, landscapes, macro, food, editorial and portraits. She shoots with Canon gear. You can contact her for an on-location photo shoot or to purchase her prints.
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Exhibitions and Past Work Experience
2025 - Hill Country Arts Focus (HCAF) First Place in the Digital Art division of the Hill Country Arts Focus
2024 and 2025 in the Share the View Photography Contest one of the Top 250 winners and featured in the Top Women Photographers in the top 250 Winners video. Share the View contributes the proceeds from this international contest to conservationist and educational organizations, including the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies and the African People & Wildlife
2024 –Texas Photographic Society (TPS) 3rd Place in the TPS 32 International Competition juried exhibition, selected by juror Maria Beatriz H. Carrión of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The exhibit ran for three months at the Cain Art Gallery, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas.
2023 Texas Photographic Society (TPS) 35th Annual Members Only Show - selected as one of 50 exhibiting photographers for the Annual Exhibit at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas
Alumni, Austin School of Photography
Contributor to Hill Country Alliance Calendar featuring photography from Central Texas
Contributor to Naturescapes Photography Exhibitions featuring photography from the Central Texas area
Contributor to the Texas Master Naturalist Program Calendar featuring photography from the Central Texas area
Contributor to the Georgetown Art Hop Statewide Exhibit for several years
Past President of the Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS) – assisted with organizing speakers, programming and presentations for photography workshops
Public displays and promotional materials for the City of Dripping Springs.
1975-1979 – freelance editorial photographer in San Antonio, Texas
1976-1979 – Darkroom assistant to John Poindexter, photographer for the University of Texas San Antonio, Texas.
1975 – Darkroom assistant to Michael Hahn, photographer, Austin, Texas.
1975 – One of the 12 national winners of the Great American Face Photography Contest, judged by John Durniak of Time Magazine; Charles Reynolds and Regina Reynolds of Popular Photography Magazine; Dr. Robert Akeret, author of Photoanalysis; Irving Desfor, photography Columnist for the Associated Press; and photographers David Finn and Arnold Newman. The show opened on July 30, 1975 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The winning photos were displayed in Los Angeles at the California Museum of Science and Technology and in Morristown, N.J. at the Museum of Arts and Sciences as well as toured internationally.