OUR STORY
WHO WE ARE:
The Artists:
Tricia began her creative career not long after college founding her first photo studio for beach portraits: Summertime Beach Portraits. She earned her CPP (Certified Professional Photographer ) from the PPA and earned a reputation as one of the premier beach portrait studios on the Gulf Coast. After a European Grand Tour, she decided to expand on the portraits for Gulf Coast visitors to international destinations.
Tricia & Co. Family Vacation Photographers was born.
She began small but was quickly discovered by Good Morning America and asked to be featured on their show. For several years, she did summer photo sessions at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France for high school seniors and families.
Times Changed
Tricia decided her next creative goal was to be a Landscape Architect. She earned her Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture (licenseure still pending) and set about founding a new creative landscape business.
COVID required a change and again we all have to adapt. Tricia moved back to the Gulf Coast and her past clients found her. On the side, Tricia offers once again quality beach portraits for couples, families, and engagements.
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER –
First and foremost, we are creative artists. It just happens that we use plant material and hardscape as a canvas. Landscape design (hardscape and plantscape) requires more than artistic expression. There are real issues to resolve in a construction project. That’s where my education gives me the edge. Art degrees are not just about paint and paper. It takes analysis and design thinking skills to work through space relationships to achieve a functional, beautiful results for my clients.
Tricia grew up in the panhandle. She is a graduate of the local Niceville High School and University of West Florida. Her first sucessful business was a professional photography studio photographing beach portraits and wedding on the Emerald Coast. She took it international with Tricia & Co. Family Vacation Photographers.
WHAT WE DO:
THE RECOGNITION
Tricia has earned accolades for her many accomplishments in music, dolphin training, and small businesses. Read more about her creative journey ~
EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCE
There are many professionals in any field of business. We truly are different. We take more than just the required continuing educational requirements for our profession. Check out my podcast and youtube channel. You’ll see that we actively read and research our professional journals and reputable sources for trends, techniques, and updated regulations to give you the best in design services possible.
That’s my promise to you the clients. It’s not just another motto on a website. We appreciate that you are spending you hard earned money with our company and we sincerely want you to – not just be happy with the outcome but thrilled and smiling every time you enjoy your new landscape.
AND YOUR PHOTO SESSIONS! AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN ON THE GULF COAST
THE LINEAGE
Precedent and instructional lineage counts. In art history, law, and music, who your teacher is counts. Every profession builds on the previous accomplishments. Tricia’s creative career began with founding her own photo studio for beach portraits. After almost two decades of sessions, she made a career leap to Landscape Architecture. It’s an evolving profession. Tricia is taking it a step up to push the advancement of lineage to the ASLA organization. Tricia is an accomplished musician, artist, academic, and landscape designer because she had wonderful teachers. She invites you to check out the links below.
Tricia is well educated in all faucets of design thinking and practice. The critical thinking skills she developed from her advanced degrees and practical experience in art, horticulture, and construction will be applied to your project. It is a multidisciplinary field that requires collaboration and cooperation from county inspectors and subcontractors.
See Tricia’s educational achievements below.
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Lineage Education
Tricia’s Professors
FNGLA
Horticulture Education
Florida Horticulture State Certificate and (soon) Florida Friendly Landscape Professional. This is a prestigious and hard earned certificate. It’s a state certification exam with four components. It covers everything from plant biology, nursery operations, to delivery, and plant installation and maintenance. Tricia took the time to study to gain a deeper understanding of plants in order to serve her clients needs.
Shelia Dunning Instruction Okaloosa County. Click HERE.
Academy Art Certificate
Academy of Portrait & Figurative Art, FIU
BA Art & Art History minor, Portrait and Figurative Academy Certificate. Art is not only painting or drawing an image. It’s about designing what the image will look like on the medium. In this case, designing with plant material. It’s utlizing design principals and rules and knowing when and where to break them for a special case. This education gave Tricia the foundation for visual thinking and analysis to make landscapes beautiful and pleasing to the human eye. If it’s only functional, it’s boring. There are many styles of creativity. Tricia will work with you to find your style and expressionism for your landscape.
Professor David Chang. Click HERE.
MLA Landscape Architecture
Masters Degree LA
The three year track at FIU gave Tricia the opportunity to research and learn about the native plants and fauna of South Florida. It’s important to know about soils, geology, and water’s impact on a design decision. We also researched master planning communities. Tricia learned the latest in design technology software as well as the industry standard Auto CADD program shared between design professionals.
Professor Juan Bueno. Click HERE.
BA Psychology, Minor Business
University of West Florida, Pensacola
Tricia was a dolphin trainer and show presenter at the Gulfarium on Okaloosa Island which lead her to major in Psychology (Learning Theory). However, her other passion was to be a business owner. With her business minor in hand she opened her own professional beach portrait studio that transformed into vacation portraits.
Flute player
NWF State College
Flute Choir at Northwest Florida University Robin M. Horne, principal and conductor
Niceville High School Eagle Pride Band Tom Fitzpatrick, Carnegie Hall Youth Performance, Cotton and Orange Bowl Parades, and New Orleans Saints Super Bowl pre-game show. Click HERE.
Young Artist
New Hampshire PAFB
Early childhood education can have a profound impact. I would like to thank my art teacher at Pease Air Force Base for my early art training.
Ms. Thelma Mandeville, New Hampshire. Click HERE.
We have been discovered in South Walton, Florida. The 30A beach road is now popular visitor destination itself. Tricia watched it grow from the slow drive Sunday lane to the beach places dotted along the 30A : Dune Allen, Blue Mountain, Grayton Beach, WaterColor, Seaside, Seagrove, Seacrest, and Rosemary
The quaint little fishing village is now a global destination for Southeast US. Known for it’s great charter boat fishing fleets and sugar white sand beaches. It’s loved by the locals and visitors alike
It began as a crossing point to Panama City Beach. Now its a shopping, entertainment, and beach destination.
