Marsha Black has been traveling and photographing for over 20 years. Her nine year-old neice once asked what she would do if she didn't have her camera. Marsha's brother responded, "She would buy one. She has carried a camera everywhere she has gone since she was your age."

A graduate of the New York Institute of Photography basic and advanced courses and of many workshops at Reed's Camera Shop in Walnut Creek, CA, she has developed photographic techniques that allow travel and photography to coexist seamlessly. Her emphasis is on achieving high quality photographs without impending on the spontaneity of travel.

About four years ago, with encouragement from her friends and family, Marsha began working her creative efforts to the forefront of her life. Reed's Camera Shop began asking her to do shows at the shop once or twice a year, and the feedback was both surprising and invigorating. As a result, she has joined creativity support groups and continues to develop her creative instincts.

All of Marsha' photographs were shot on location in conditions that any tourist would find using the light and conditions that existed at the time. Most of her work is shot using film SLR cameras with zoom lens capabilities that range from 28 to 300mm. Since 2001, she has also been using a Hasselblad 501c with a fixed 80mm lens. The work on the website represents a time period from 1982, when she was using a Konica shutter priority SLR, to the present. She now uses a Canon Elan II SLR and the Hasselblad.

She recently acquired an Olympus E1 digital. Stay tuned for more visual adventures.