Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Inspiration Friday: Rocket Photo Works

For this week's inspiration, I feature…my daughter, the talented photographer Ariane Hopman.

She's in the middle of about a million life transitions, including a new marriage, a new home that will soon be a mini-urban farm, and a fabulous new job. But in her spare time, she's starting a photo business. Annie graduated from the U of O (Go Ducks!) in photojournalism, and consequently got a post baccalaureate degree in photography from OCAC , where she also worked until recently (ie, last week).

She's inspired me since she was a little girl, and did just as much work raising me as I did raising her, so it seems fitting to feature her this week. Go check out her site and if you're in the Portland area and need portraits done, give her a call.

Oh, and a tip of the Wordstrumpet hat to anyone who can figure out the relationship between her given name–Ariane (which, by the way, I discovered in a Marge Piercy novel and fell in love with) and the name of her business.

Who inspires you?

Tagged inspiration Friday, photography, writing

Charlotte

Charlotte Rains Dixon mentors creative writers from passionate to published. Charlotte is a free-lance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer's Loft, a certificate-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and is the author of a dozen books, including The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters, and Beautiful America’s Oregon Coast. Her fiction has appeared in The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Nameless Grace, and Somerset Studios and her articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, the Oregonian, and Pology, to name a few. Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, was published in 2013, and she is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary. Learn about her annual writing workshops in Europe at letsgowrite.com, and visit her blog at www.charlotterainsdixon.com, where you can find all kinds of tips and techniques on writing and creativity.

0 thoughts on “Inspiration Friday: Rocket Photo Works”

Ledger D'Main
10/16/2010 12:01 pm
Now how am I suppose to win a tipping hat if the site link doesn’t work? Hmmmmmm?
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Charlotte Dixon
10/17/2010 12:19 pm
Hey Ledger, thanks for letting me know. Something is goofy with the site, I went in and corrected all the links, which weren’t wrong in the first place, and they still don’t work. Will investigate further.
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Christi Corbett
10/18/2010 7:07 am
Charlotte,
Your daughter sounds amazing! I love it when people immerse themselves in life :)
I can’t figure out the connection so no tip of the hat for me :(
Christi Corbett
PS. I’ve left an award for you over at my blog today
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Charlotte Dixon
10/18/2010 6:13 pm
Oh thank you, Christi! I will post my response to the award in a day or so. Its a good one, because it asks a thoughtful question. Oh, and I’ll wait a bit and see if anyone else comments on the connection and then reveal it.
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Ledger D'Main
10/19/2010 4:48 pm
To quote a master of the Sith… “all too easy”
Ariane is also the name of a French space rocket program, which has a nasty habit of retreating from the edge of darkness…
Where’s my tipping hat? Does it come with a rabbit inside?
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Charlotte Dixon
10/19/2010 6:02 pm
Yes! You are the winner of the tip of the Wordstrumpet hat. You can have any kind of rabbit you like, even a white one.
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Ledger D'Main
10/19/2010 7:20 pm
I’ll have to go ask Alice, when I have the time, grin, grin…
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Charlotte Dixon
10/19/2010 9:40 pm
That’s why white rabbits are the best.
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