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Meet the Founders
Shanda Akin
Shanda is a freelance photographer based in Durango, Colorado. Her photography and art are the result of the need to explore remarkable and depleting natural places, narrate a vision through imagery, and to share her unique and personal point of view. She is an adventure-seeker with an insatiably nomadic soul and experienced world traveler who has ventured into far reaches of the earth seizing exceptional moments in 48 countries and counting.
In 2019, Shanda transitioned from a successful 25-year career in the United States Air Force into entrepreneurship to fulfill her passion for photography. She published her first photography book, The Beauty of Durango and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in photography through the Academy of Art University.
Martha Montiel
Martha is a nature and landscape photographer born and raised in Mexico City and now based in Colorado.
Martha’s fascination with photography started at a young age. As an adult, it grew as a way to show others the beauty of our natural world. Her background and university classes were focused in art and graphic design but her love of photography was solidified after participating in a black and white photography class where she learned to develop her own film.
Photography has continued to fuel her love of the outdoors, her sense of adventure, her love of connecting with others and a desire to inspire others to conserve and protect our planet.
Together we have more than 30 years combined photography experience in a variety of genres and techniques. We have been featured in F-Stop Collaborate and Listen Podcast, Pixels: Exploring the Heart & Art of Photography, On Landscape Magazine, Wild Women in Photography Podcast, Shout Out Colorado, Landscape Photography World Podcast, Photo Masters Podcast, and more.
We've repeatedly heard others in the field express the desire to learn and connect so we founded two companies to address just that; Horizons Photography and The Outdoor Photo Alliance.
We aspire to help you elevate your photography and provide opportunities to connect so you may have the chance to create beautiful work and endearing relationships as we have found…
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Let’s explore one day of your life and turn it into timeless mementos.