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To “see”, to create, to photograph, to share the treasures of our natural world, to share my vision with you... that is my goal. To have my photography inspire you to “see”… that is my joy! A professional nature and wildlife photographer and writer, Noella Ballenger's experience has included photographing some of the world's most pristine and spectacular locations. Traveling extensively, she has searched for pockets of beauty throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Africa, Europe and the South Pacific. Noella leads photographic workshops and also lectures throughout the United States and New Zealand. She celebrates her 24th year of teaching photography and her 27th year as a member of the American Society of Media Photographers. Her work has been published in Gardens & Landscapes, Natural History, Petersen’s Photographic, Zoo View, Lapidary Journal, Westways, California Highways, True West and many other magazines. In addition, her work has been selected for inclusion in the Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: Pacific Coast States, American Sampler, Focus on New Zealand (New Zealand); Great Mysteries: Ghosts (England); Death Trap: The Story of the La Brea Tar Pits, Ghost Towns of the American West, The Audubon Guides, Simple Prayers and Blessings, La Purisima, Erosion, The Pueblo, Encyclopedia of Native Americans and many other books. Ballenger's photographs are installed in the Kaiser Permanente, Ming Avenue Medical Offices, in Bakersfield, CA, Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Plastic Surgery Clinic, Brotman Medical Center; UCLA Medical Center's Tiverton House, Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, and in private collections around the world. Noella Ballenger conducts outstanding nature photography workshops in popular west coast destinations. And you now have the opportunity to become a better photographer & learn from Noella through her online photography classes, brought to you by Apogee Photo Magazine. When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.....Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. (Native American Proverb) |