I've always had varied interests. I acquired that from my mom who was extremely creative and would work on endless hobbies. Around age six, I realized I was an artist. I did such an outstanding job coloring a page in my Barbie coloring book that my older brother refused to believe I created such wonder. It was a defining moment in my life. I'm more self-critical about my art now (got that from both parents), but I kicked butt in that coloring book!

In college, I was one of the odd types who enjoyed the “general studies” method of class taking. I liked the variance of classes, and ended up with plenty of random pieces of information in my brain. I'm still there. I paint, draw, photograph, design, create hand-crafted metal jewelry, find new ways to fill what people call “free time.” I don't get bored. This bleeds over into other areas of my life. Unable to decide where I most want to live, my dream is to “live everywhere for a year.”

My various careers appear fairly unrelated but have given me many strengths. I've attained an endless number of transferable skills from each position, though photo editing, book design, project management and social media marketing are among my favorites.

I am hard working and quick learning. I even enjoy the mundane tasks. (Five hours of photo composition? I'm on it! Spreadsheets? Okay!) I have great organizational and time-management skills that allow me to work without supervision from my home office as a photographer, photo editor, video captioner and transcriber.

I am continuously learning, and I research things constantly, building up more of those random pieces of brain info. Also, I am pretty awesome at Scrabble and Clue. And Plants Vs. Zombies.

I would love to help professional photographers and companies with photo culling, editing, retouching, even video work. I would also enjoy communicating with other artists because I like to hear others' life stories.

Visit my photography site at www.CrystalKepple.com