Our Story ~ updates in process

January 2020

Chosen by the curator of The Frank Gallery in the City of Pembrook Pines for the Academy Exhibition. Tricia’s silver point drawing master copy of hands by Leonard de Vinci and Musical scales drawing are in this room.    Click HERE

Essay contest award for the spring 2019 LARE workshop scholarship

Historical American Landscape Society conducts a yearly compeition for research submissions to be included in the Libary of Congress. Tricia’s submission (September 2019) was accepted for Library for her Overseas Highway research. Click link HERE TO READ

Graduate Research Project for the Florida Keys Hammock Bird (August 2019 became Tricia’s non profit Food Trucks For Birds on the migration highway. Click HERE.

Tricia was invited by the Upper Florida Keys garden club to speak about her graduate studies Hammock Bird project and by the Pompano Beach Garden Club Bahamas Studio project Moveable Feast concerning the documentation of their cultural landscapes

The National ASLA Professional Practice Network for Women in Landscape Architecture chose Tricia’s graduate project for inclusion for the CEUs featuring new members. (September 2017) The Tropical Hardwood Hammocks: Why Sustainable Landscapes are important for the region. Click HERE

Tricia was the team leader for the FIU submission for the annual Florida Chapter ASLA conference (August 2016) in Jacksonville FL.

Conde Naste Blog Live Your Taylor Swift Life by Hiring a Vacation Photographer (2013)

TV Show The List feature story 2014 : Vacation Portrait Photography Ariel Wesler: “Professional Pictures of your next trip?”

Good Morning America: Feature Story Vacation Portrait Photography by Mary Pflum Tricia & Co. Family Vacation Photographers: Synder Family Paris, France August 2012 Click HERE

MSNBC travel, Travel on Today: Cody Delistraty “New Vacation Necessity: Professional Photographer”

Business Insider: Emily Levy     “Don’t forget to pack a photographer on your next vacation” Click HERE

Traveler’s Today: Lena Vazifdar  “Vacation Photography goes from Amateur to Professional, More Travelers Paying for Paparazzi” Click HERE

ADDY Silver State Award and Gold County Award in Advertising O’Conner Ricks Team for Dale Peterson brochures District & State. 

Special Section: Destin, FL. Tricia’s photographs were included and published (paid) for the Destin Docks photos

BAE International Defense Contractor Calendar 2005-2006

University of West Florida: Research classes with Dr. Jay Gould and Dr. William Mikulas

Tricia participated with the Gorilla Reseach Team to train Muku medical behaviors as well as observational studies in support of the teams experiments.

EPCOT center Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL  Dolphin researchers Dr. John Gory and Mark Xitco. 

Tricia participated in the ongoing experiments with the PhD candidates at EPCOT center. They included: mimicry studies, ecolocation, lanuage, and tool use. These studies were published in peer reviewed Marine Mammal Journals. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Menor Dr. Robin Strickland Gordan Click HERE.

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.

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.