Robin Deutschmann

I love teaching people to be artists with their cameras ... or at the very least to create a great photograph! If I could leave my children with just one piece of advice, it would be: Follow your heart and love where it will lead you.

I've practiced this myself, and it has led me along some very interesting pathways -- one such path brought me into the life of a wonderfully creative man, who is now both my husband and partner, Rod Deutschmann. It has also launched me into a career in photography that only in my wildest dreams I could have imagined possible.

In 2006, Rod and I co-founded the San Diego In Focus Learning Center (which later became In Camera Magic Photography Courses) and dedicated our lives to teaching people how to do more with their camera than just take a pretty snapshot ~ we teach them the art of going manual and the freedom it allows for true expressionism.

I have a great appreciation for working alongside our students. As they embark on their journey into honing their photography skills, I am inspired by their dedication and spirit, I am challenged by their thirst for knowledge and I am proud to be a part of their venture. The images they produce are signs of hard work; options learned and choices made; pain, frustration and a touch of triumph; a change of vision; and the passion they have for capturing what they see in their mind's eye. All in all, their images are a reflection of them.

With this series of photography books, I am excited for the opportunity to share this form of expressionism with even more people, regardless of the equipment they may have. Creating art begins with the person -- and there is an artist inside all of us just waiting to get out.

"My passion with photography stems from the opportunity to create, to think outside the box, and present an image of the world not as it stands - but as I have visualized." Robin Deutschmann