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“It’s Just a Photo” — And Other Lies I’ve Told Myself

“It’s Just a Photo” — And Other Lies I’ve Told Myself

It’s not just a photo. It’s everything I’ve ever learned about light, patience, timing, and trust—compressed into a single frame.

What most people don’t see is the years it took to learn how to recognize the moment, feel the emotion, and build the technical skill to capture it—not by accident, but on purpose.

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My Journey to Becoming A Photographer

My Journey to Becoming A Photographer

Hiring a photographer can be stressful especially when I comes to some of the biggest moments in your life. How do you choose?-- Well I think the easiest way to choose is to find someone whose work you love but also someone you can truly get to know and make a connection with. -- This post will allow you to get to know me- Tiffany Bumgardner as a photographer as well as how I came to photography, what I look for when making an image, and what I photograph. 

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Discovering Who I Am as a Photographer

Discovering Who I Am as a Photographer

In a burst of randomness and a desire to travel and study abroad, I applied for a program called Semester at Sea. One of my high school national honors societies was giving away a scholarship to a student accepted into the program

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Discovering Who I Am As A Photographer

Discovering Who I Am As A Photographer

In a burst of randomness and desire to travel and study abroad I applied for a program called Semester at Sea. One of my high school national honors societies was giving away a scholarship to a student accepted on the program so I was in a frame of why not, I’d get to go abroad and if selected for the scholarship I would have help paying for it. 

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A Decade Since I Traveled with Semester At Sea

A Decade Since I Traveled with Semester At Sea

It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since I lived and completed that program. Traveled to 10+ countries and got to be a nomad of a sort. I miss it, I miss the travel, the locations, the photography, and the freedom.

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