PENTAX Photo Gallery: Artist Bio

Cynthia Farr-Weinfeld

Portland, Maine - United States

I live in Portland, Maine with my husband and daughter, an brand new guinea pig and two fat goldfish. Since first picking up an advanced point-and-shoot camera four years ago, I have enjoyed learning many types of photography, from macro and portraits to landscape. I started out with a Pentax K10D but now use a K20D and am primarily interested in landscapes, architecture, macro and food photography. My cover of Seafood Paella on Portland Magazine's February/March 2009 issue recently won a 2009 American Graphic Design Award. I have photographs in collections in the U.S and am represented by Kennedy Studios gallery in Portland, Maine. My photo, Reflections of Portland Headlight, was the August 2008 cover of Portland Magazine. I am now a monthly contributor to Portland Magazine and have had photos in Maine Food & Lifestyle Magazine as well. My photo of Portland Headlight was published as the head of Portland Magazine's article, Maine Classics in August 2008 and in the “Hot Shots” section of the January 2008 edition of Digital Camera, an international magazine published in England. In addition, my photo of a moose calf placed 3rd in the wildlife category of the Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Photo Contest in 2007. What began as a hobby with my first inexpensive digital camera has blossomed. I often wake before sunrise to capture an early morning mist on a lake or pond, or the sun rising over the low tide beaches and lighthouses not far from my house. My mission as a photographer is to present the world as beautifully as I see it.

Camera Bag

Pentax K20D Pentax DA 12-24mm Pentax FA-50mm f/1.4 Pentax 18-55 mm Pentax DA 50-200 mm telephoto Pentax DA 100-300mm telephoto Many filters and macro attachments Bogen 3011 Tripod Manfrotto Monopod