In June, the Town Square Community Center lobby will feature work from Princeton resident Tamra Harrington. She will be displaying pieces of her photography. You can meet Tamra personally at the artist reception scheduled for Friday, June 3, 5 to 6 p.m.

Tamra Harrington of BohippianFinch Photography currently lives in Princeton, Wisconsin near her four sons and grandchildren where she runs her photography studio and business.  She began her love of photography at a young age when she found an old, cheap 110 film camera and a book featuring the photography of Ansel Adams at a yard sale.  At 16, she was fortunate enough to be hired by a large photography company in Ottawa, Illinois where she was able to learn all of the different aspects of photography from the camera, to the film, to the processing, printing, and finishing.  

Tamra has worked in and out of the photography industry for over 20 years for several different studios and photographers and offered photography as a service when she opened her own graphic/web design studio in 2000.  In 2013 she retired from design and pursued other interests, but always kept taking pictures and created the name BohippianFinch as her brand.  In 2020 Tamra decided to make photography her full-time passion.  She offers photography for portraits and small events and is a contributor for Getty Images/iStock Photo.  Her photography is offered for sale as art prints, many that are modeled after the style of her favorite photographer Ansel Adams, and is available on Etsy, Zazzle, and Amazon Handmade.

Tamra said: “My photography is a reflection of how I see people and the world.  I’ve always admired the famous photographer Ansel Adams and have been inspired by the work he did in life.   Black and White photography, I believe, captures the soul of the subject, whether it be a person, a tree, a mountain, an animal, or the ocean.

I enjoy the style and contrast of old-school black and white film photography, even in the digital age we’ve come to.  I personally like the graininess (which is now called noise) and textures that come through black and white and that is why I mostly do my photography in this style.  I use my Canon Rebel T series cameras for my photography because they are lightweight, easy to travel with, versatile, and fit my little hands quite well. 

I’m very fortunate to be able to do what I love to do and share that with all of you. “