Serendipity: "the apparent aptitude for making fortunate discoveries accidentally" - so says the Webster's New World Dictionary (OK, mine dates back to 1961, but it still works).

"Fortunate discoveries" is how I view so many of the images that I take.   Once I put the camera lens in front of my eye, I began viewing the world with a new sense of wonder. And, even when the camera is not in my hand, I continue to look for those gems that startle, entice, and enthrall me. I find the extra-ordinary hidden in plain sight amidst the mundane: the interplay of light and shadow, the miraculous transformation by early morning or late evening light of "daytime-drab" objects.

Photography began, for me, as a hobby, the definition of which is "an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation...". (This time I went high tech and used dictionary.com.) Playing with my camera (and it IS play) has given me both, especially pleasure. And, now there is the added component of pleasing an audience, or of capturing and conveying my emotion at the moment I click the shutter with the hope that someone will recognize what I felt, or simply be moved by my image.

Recently, someone said of one of my images that it was so very peaceful - she didn't know I'd entitled it "Serenity". It doesn't get much better than that!
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Miller's work was included in the 2007 juried photography show at Mercer County Community College; it was featured in the 2007 US 1 Newspaper's annual calendar, and has appeared at the New Hope Arts, Inc. one-woman show at Triumph Brewery in New Hope, PA, the 2006 juried Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibit, the 2006 juried "Art of the Horse" Exhibit of the NJ Equine Artists Association, the 2004 and 2005 juried "Small Works" exhibits at the Arts Council of Princeton, and the 2005 and 2006 Montgomery Center for the Arts Annual Open Juried Shows. It has also been on display at The Delaware River Mill Society's 2005 "Images of the Mills" Art Show.  Her images of Tuscany appeared in 2003, in "NJ Savvy" magazine.

She has been a guest speaker at the Lawrenceville Garden Gate Garden Club, and her images of the world-renowned Lawrenceville School campus were selected for the official post cards and greeting cards at the Jigger Shop of The Lawrenceville School. Her photographs can also be found in Rhode Island and Long Island (NY) art galleries, as well as specialty shops in and around Princeton, NJ. 

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The following are croppings of selected works by Nan Miller.