Karen Dórame grew up with a camera. Her mother, Magda White, was an award-winning photographer. After a few years of being in front of the lens, she got her first twin reflex camea as a pre-teen. She went from a career in public relations to founding Special Kids Photography of America, a non profit organization that is dedicated to training photograpers to capture images of special children--photographs that are beautiful, insightful and tug at the heart. She also has a passion for infrared photography that has led to fine art images in IR color as well as black and white. Her book on infrared photography is a start-to-finish guide for creating beautiful IR images.