Hello! My name is Andrea and my shop PhotoReverie is my collection of Fine Art Photography. I have had a passion for photography since I was a little kid when I would look at the photos in the Newspaper with my Dad and he would read me the stories. I received my first camera, a Vivitar 35mm when I was about 5 years old and was hooked instantly. I started out taking photos of my cats then ventured around taking pictures of everything and anything. I knew I wanted to be a Professional Photographer when I graduated High School. So I majored in Fine Art Photography in College, earned my BFA from the University at Buffalo and really struggled to find my own style.

After College I was an apprentice for a local Wedding Photographer and she encouraged me to start my own Photography business, which started as a photo restoration business. I went on to freelance for a local Newspaper for about four years, eventually leaving because I did not feel creative enough, it wasn't the kind of photography I wanted to do.

I opened my Etsy shop in 2010 and it has been my daily therapy. I want to create work that I would want to hang on my walls at home. I do as much as I can in front of the camera and do very little post processing. I love themes such as Fairy Tales and Vintage nostalgia. Before every Art Photo I create I sketch it out in a drawing notebook, that way I can set up the composition, lighting details and figure out props, I do this so I am more organized and things tend to go a lot smoother.

My original photograph "Pierce Arrow" was published in 2015 on "Seed: A Novel" by Stanley Crawford. You can see it here:

https://www.amazon.com/Seed-Novel-Stanley-Crawford/dp/157366183X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1469641004&sr=8-8&keywords=seed+a+novel

In the fall of 2015 I became a mother for the first time! This pushed me to quit my day job as a Medical Records Technician and strive to run my Etsy shop full time. I am getting things revamped and working on some new images and am so excited I can wake up everyday and play with my baby girl and work on my shop when she naps.

I look forward to the future of my Etsy shop because I have a lot of new ideas and will be adding photo jewelry into my shop soon. I am also redoing our studio work room, so I will put up some photos when I am finished!