President of Karen L Messick Photography 8/2007 – present
Past President of the Baltimore Camera Club 6/06-8/2010

Karen Messick is award-winning photographer. She has been capturing images for 19 years. Her sense for
design, color, composition and placement of subject elements is striking. The patterns in her
nature close ups are refreshing and energizing. In addition to traditional photography she has
embraced imaging with High Dynamic Range software, and artistic adaptations of her images
with plug-in software.
Karen has led photo workshops in Baltimore, Delaware, New Mexico, Virginia, Washington DC
and Ireland. She has lectured on composition and design during Photo Week in Washington, DC
and for Nature Vision’s Photo Expo in Virginia.
Karen is self taught and has participated in photographic workshops with professional nature
photographers, John and Barbara Gerlach, Doug Johnson and Tim Cooper. In addition, she has
attended photographic seminars by The Nikon School, Rod Plank, Brenda Tharp, Moose
Peterson, Tony Sweet, Rick Sammons, John Barclay and John Sexton.
Karen has written instructional articles and had portfolio pieces published in iPhoneLife
Magaizne and Nature Photographer Magazine. Currently she is a field contributor for Nature
Photographer Magazine.
Karen teaches Intro to digital photography and iPhone Photography at Johns Hopkins University,
in the Odyssey Program.
Karen has conducted workshops and lectures for Penn Camera, Horizon Photography Workshops
and Capital Photography Center.
She currently has images on Display at Baas Fine Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington and More
Than Fine Framing in Ruxton, Md.
Her work has been on display at:
The “Olympic River Festival” Olympic Peninsula, Washington State 2000
The “Towson Art Festival” Towson, Maryland 2001
The “Baltimore Gallery” Baltimore, Maryland 2003
Borders Book Store, Towson, Maryland 2007
Liganore Vineyards, Mt. Airy, Maryland 2007
Seaford Museum, Delaware 2008
Baltimore Museum of Art “Looking Through The Lens” 2008
Valley Frame and Fine Art, Cockeysville, Maryland 2008-2011
Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, Delaware 2005-2009
Baas Art Gallery , Seattle Washington 2011-2012
More than Fine Framing 2013
Her images are held in “The Photography Collections, of the University of Maryland Baltimore
County Campus.”
www.karenlmessickphotography.com