Sonia Sousa - Photographer, Writer, Content Creator, Digital Storyteller Hometown: Stuart, Florida My interest in photography sparked during the years of my early twenties. This led to experimenting with my father’s 35mm Mamiya film cameras and processing Kodachrome film in the darkroom of my parents’ printing and typography business. I became further intrigued by the results of the film development process and manipulating the highlight and shadow areas of the film to achieve incredible results. Each strip of film was pinned to a line to dry, backlit by the red darkroom lights.  ​Fast forward to the digital age where I took those self-taught basics and applied them to the digital post-processing of the images I capture out in the field, essentially creating unique art. With a keen eye for composition, my personal style is detailed and colorful, capturing the intrinsic beauty of the varied subjects in front of my lens. My time is well-balanced between family, friends, working full time and as an active Board member for Audubon of Martin County, Treasure Coast Shorebird Alliance volunteer, Treasure Coast Photography Group and the Treasure Coast Photography Center. Through all of this, there is still time to allocate towards photographing nature’s most memorable moments. “Passionate about creating art through my lens - A little obsessed with birds.” Website: soniasousa.com Instagram: @soniasousaphotography