Etsy

I take pictures because it’s an obsession, a compulsion, an addiction, a need to create, to document my life, to communicate, to express, to explore, to learn. It satisfies my creative cravings. It magnifies the beauty in the simplest, most ordinary things and gets me wound up over them. It’s the joy in knowing that I just created a fine photograph and then often not knowing exactly how I did it at all and hoping that I can do it again and again. The best part is that no one can or needs to validate this emotion because the photo feels right to me and does not need an explanation as to why it works.

A Photo A Day (at charleneprecious.com/blog) began on December 26, 2009 and has evolved from just a fun Facebook and Flickr photo album into a precious photo journal told with words and photographs. A Photo A Day then paved the path to opening my Etsy Shop right here, where I sell my vintage-inspired, shabby chic fine art photographic prints. Photography, blogging, and selling prints together have become the perfect platform for creativity and expression, and the trio is my single greatest source of joy. This makes me a full time Marketer for Canon Inc. by day, and a full time Etsian by night. I sleep somewhere in between the two. :)

I am so grateful and so happy to have the opportunity to share my work and my world with you, so thank you so much for stopping by! I hope for one of two things: that something catches your eye or that you leave this shop with a smile. :)

And whenever you have a moment of boredom, I invite you to tag along my photographic journey at charleneprecious.com/blog! :)

With lots and lots of love,

Charlene Precious