As I'm getting ready to launch My Fine heART Photography, I thought I would make my first blog post and tell you a little bit about me and My Fine heART.

My name is Kim Crouch and this business is born from my passions, so I truly appreciate you being here, and am so grateful for your time.

I discovered my passions, photography and art, later in life. I was almost 45 years old before I could believe it was true. Better late than never and I am just so grateful I discovered them after all of these years of searching. I am a CPA by day, and am so lucky to work for a phenomenal firm that is entirely virtual, so I get to choose where I live.

And I choose the Outer Banks of NC, one of the most beautiful places on Earth! I live in the Outer Banks, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound, year round with my darling husband, two lovely children, and two very fun dogs.

I began painting roughly four years ago in Winter 2012 and just fully discovered photography in December 2016. I have always loved art and art history, but coming from a strong math and science followed by business background, never thought I was creative or had any ability to create it myself. I've always enjoyed taking pictures, and used to find myself at my children's events taking photos of all the kids and sending them to the parents (whether they wanted them or not:) On our most recent vacation to the San Francisco, CA area last October, I took more pictures than any of my family members would like to recall, with my camera phone. Finally, I got a "real" camera for Christmas, and my photography journey really took off.

I think I have learned more about photography in the past four months than I would have had I studied it in school when I was younger. I find that it is all I want to do - learn, take photos, practice, edit, learn more, and it is what I do every chance I get, incorporating it into my daily life, wherever that leads me.

Something that's really important to me is contributing. So, we pledge to donate 1% of our first dollar in revenues to our last, to charities that support the arts.

Sharing my photography with you fills me with joy and gratitude. Thank you so much for visiting me here - this is my fine heart open wide to share with the world. I am hopeful that it brings you joy and perhaps becomes a part of your heart and world as well.