Mollie is a professional photographer specializing in nature and wildlife, abstracts, and flowers. She runs Awake The Light Photo Workshops and Tours, and leads educational and inspirational photo workshops across the country and around the world. She loves sharing her passion for photography with others.

Early in her career she studied with Ansel Adams and Joyce Tenneson. Her work is in the Permanent Collection of the International Photography Hall of Fame, and has been exhibited at Epcot Center in Disney World, and Grand Central Station in New York City. She is a 15-time winner of the Kodak Gallery Award, considered by some to be the “Oscar” of photography.

In addition to photographing nature and wildlife, she is also a portrait photographer. She is honored to have photographed many famous faces including actress Meryl Streep, jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, and the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

She has authored a coffee table photography book, plus educational photography e-books. She lives at the Outer Banks of North Carolina and enjoys all things beachy.

Additional information can be found on her website at www.awakethelight.com/.