Deanna
started taking pictures of babies after the birth of her own baby, Emily, in
1999. She
loved the cute posters and cards she could buy of babies in costumes, but she
wanted her baby, not someone else's, on her walls. So she sewed some flower
petals on a hat and propped her six-week-old baby in a flower pot. As soon
as other people saw the picture, they wanted one done too, and Fun Prints began.
Deanna studied journalism at the University of Texas and interned at The
Classroom Teacher magazine, where she wrote stories and took pictures. Once
out of school, she became a teacher, and taught high school photography as well
as sponsoring the school yearbook and newspaper. She learned Adobe Photoshop in order to teach it to her students, and now uses a digital camera and
Photoshop to create the digital art used for her images.
Deanna runs a group for professional photographers and teaches classes
ranging from beginners with point and shoot cameras, to advanced amateurs with
manual SLRs, to full on professionals. Keep current
with her class offerings at the University of Texas or you can email her if
you have a playgroup or mom's club who would like her to teach a hands-on two or
three hour class on using their digital cameras. (Typically about $65 per hour.)