A long-time artist, Dina graduated from Florida State University with an interior design degree, opened Creative Edge Design and soon was in demand around the Tampa Bay Area. Over the next decade and a half she was engrossed in one large design project after another.
One day, while working on a floral mosaic for an upscale residence overlooking the ocean, Dina began shooting flowers to capture the exact view of the orchid she had in her mind. She shot image after image until, 4000 images later, she had fallen in love with photography.
She began shooting other subjects for fun, relentlessly seeking to capture the essence which she felt defined her subjects. Not happy with a static image, she wanted she wanted to capture the core identity of anything she shot.
Soon she was selling her work to local galleries she had frequented as a designer. She found that her years of experience in the trade gave her a unique perspective as a photographer. She was able to shoot with an eye toward creating interior artwork images she would want to use in an interior design project herself. This meant creating fine art through her photography.
