Education
MASTER OF ARTS TEACHING - FINE ARTS | University of Utah | 2019-2021
BACHELOR OF ART IN PHOTOGRAPHY - FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATION | Brigham Young University | 2008-2012
Work Experience
SELF-EMPLOYED | Photographer 2010-Present
Produce high quality images for wide range of clients worldwide on location and in studio.
MINDFUL PHOTOGRAPHY ONLINE COURSE | Teacher 2021- Present
Design and teach an online course with a mix of asynchronous and synchronous lesson plans. Curriculum focused on how photography can be mindful practice.
Salt Lake City Arts Academy | Teacher 2023-Present
Create and run a Dungeons and Dragons after-school program once a week for students ages 11-15.
Create and run a 1-week summer photography program for students ages 12-15. Curriculum includes: composition, lighting, editing, history of photography, and mindfulness photography.
Optum Community Center for Seniors | Teacher 2023-Present
Teach meditation course for adult senior students as needed basis substitute. Course focus is on health and well-being, leading a 1-hour guided meditation class.
South Salt Lake Arts Council | Teacher 2024-Present
Teach mindful photography workshop once a month for adults.
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | Lead Designer 2020-2022
Lead and supervise an online digital database that features youth-created art for social change.
Volunteer Activities
UTAH SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND BLIND | Teacher
Co-taught stop motion animation to group of deaf students for a virtual summer arts camp. Students were taught photography and lighting as a scaffold to creating stop motion animations.
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - CLUB U | Teacher
Created asynchronous videos teaching photography composition, lighting, and storytelling. Videos were distributed to ClubU students during the Covid-19 lockdown.
GLENDALE COMMUNITY CENTER | Teacher
Taught photography for after-school program with students ages 12-18. Curriculum included: history of photography, composition, lighting, and mindful seeing.
PUBLICATIONS & Exhibits
Conscious Biocoenosis | Granary Arts Group Exhibit - 2022
Landscapes | F-Stop Magazine Group Exhibit - 2021
Desert Mystique | Urban Arts Gallery Group Exhibit - 2021
Grayscale | Topor House Zine - 2021
Hyper Focus 20 / 20 | University of Utah Zine - 2020
Start-Up Guide | Salt Lake City Book - 2020
I See We Are Me | University of Utah Book - 2020
Rocky Mountain Bride Magazine | Online Publication - 2019
Wedding Chicks | Online Publication - 2015
Get it Together | Gallery Gallery Group Exhibit - 2013
Around the Block | Group Exhibit - 2012
Harold B. Lee Library | Siena Italy Solo Exhibit - 2012
Awards + Grants
Digital Matter Exhibition Grant | University of Utah - 2020-2021
Peerspace | Best Photographer in Salt Lake City - 2019
Salt Lake City Awards Program | Best Wedding Photographer - 2018
Brigham Young University Office of Research and Creative Activities - Orca Student Grant - 2011
Sloan Speech Showcase | Public Speaking Award Winner - 2010
Professional Development
Tune In Mindfulness | Meditation Teacher Training - SLC, UT 2022
Drala Mountain Center | 5-day Silent Meditation Retreat - Colorado 2022
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Voices for Hope - Utah Chapter 2021-Present
Poor Yorick Studios | Community Member - SLC, UT 2020-Present
University of Utah | Backcountry Yoga - Moab, UT 2020
Mindful Yoga Collective | Mindful Meditation Course - SLC, UT 2019
Carolina Lindsay | Photography Internship - Guatemala City 2017
Photo Native | Workshop Participant - Lindon, UT 2016
Becky Kimball | Photography Internship - SLC, UT 2016
Unposed Workshop | Course Participant - Nashville, TN 2015
David Meredith | Anthropologie Internship - New York City, NY 2012
Danielle Waters | daniellewphoto@gmail.com | 801-372-2684