The dynamic duo of Mollie Isaacs and Mary Lindhjem of Awake The Light Photo Tours and Workshops again team up to provide you with their unique perspective on how to enhance your enjoyment of photography.  Many of you told me last year that Mollie and Mary delivered one of the best Programs ever, so mark your calendars for an evening to remember!  While creative techniques and practical tips are offered, the main message for the evening is to learn to accept your individuality, to help you clarify your own style, and to enjoy this wonderful quest to improve one's photography. Silence the C.R.I.T.I.C. is about silencing the inner doubts and fears we all have regarding our own work and joyfully embracing the journey of photographic advancement.
 
Biography:  Mollie Isaacs and Mary Lindhjem founded Awake The Light Photo Tours and Workshops because of their love of teaching photography.  Mollie's background is in portraits, abstracts, landscapes and macro, while Mary's expertise is in nature, wildlife, big game, and macro.  Combined, they provide an interesting mix of talents and skills.  More of their images can be found at:  www.awakethelight.com

MOLLIE is a professional photographer and experienced teacher.  She has studied with Ansel Adams, Joyce Tenneson, and others.  She has won the "Oscar" of photography, the coveted Kodak Gallery Award, fourteen times.  Several of her award-winning photographs have been exhibited at Epcot Center in Disney World, and her work is in the Permanent Collection of the International Photography Hall of Fame.  She believes that a  great photograph fully expresses what the photographer feels about what is being photographed, and therefore is a true indicator of what one feels about life.  She believes that photography is one way to achieve an ultimate happiness and faith, and a oneness with the world.

MARY has been a full-time freelance photographer for the past two decades following a career in education that encompassed teaching photography at the college level.  Since the onset of the digital revolution, she has taught Photoshop to a variety of groups and professional photographic organizations in Virginia, North Carolina, California, Colorado and Costa Rica.  Her fine art photography has been shown in several galleries and appears in books and magazines including On Safari by David Anderson.  She believes that the attainment of knowledge alone is valueless unless or until it is shared with others. She has dedicated her career to photography and to teaching. However, photography is not merely Mary's career, it is the voice of her soul. It is her passion. It is through the medium of photography that she most clearly communicates her intense appreciation of and love for the beauty this world has to offer.

Mary O'Neill
Director, Regional Accounts
GlaxoSmithKline
Mobile #:  703-216-9340
Office #:  703-548-8669