By Tiffanie LeBlanc | Observer Contributor
Photo by Paige Crane
Paige Elizabeth Crane is a first-year student here and Mount Wachusett Community College mastering in Photography. She is 18 years old and already has her own business called Paige Crane Photography.
She grew up in Rutland with her father, a sound engineer at Bose for 17 years, and her mother who owns an Opera company and home schooled her with her four siblings. When asked about making friends while being home schooled Paige said she has tons of friends because being home schooled gave her more freedom to do the activities that she loves to do and therefore she made plenty of friends in the groups she is involved in.
Her interest in photography started with her father. She said he used to go out and photograph things as a hobby and she would go along with him and take pictures with her little Kodak. When she was 16 her parents got a digital camera for her for her birthday and ever since then her business has sort of taken off on its own. Word of mouth sort of spread that her pictures were good and people started to purchase her pieces. Now she does shoots at weddings and takes senior photos.
“I didn’t wake up one day and plan to have a business, it just happened,” said Crane.
She recalled the first photo she had taken that made her think she wanted to take photos. Paige was on her way to her piano recital and it had just down poured and she took a picture of the wet Hostas, a plant, in her parent’s yard and the picture looked absolutely amazing with the water droplets on the leaves.
“That’s what made me want to take pictures,” she said.
Paige is also a member of theater at the mount and a devoted Christian. She is a self-taught photographer and is currently working on a 365 project where you take a picture everyday for one whole year. To check out Paige’s photos or to learn more about her, visit her Facebook page called Paige Crane Photography, or when her website is up and running, paigecranephotography.com.
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