Candace (Candy) Richey has been creating timeless portraits since apprenticing with her father as a child. She has had a variety of industry experience including working with churches and photographing families in developing their church directories, and in preschools photographing small children and capturing their beautiful innocence in an image that will be treasured for decades

In October and November of 2010, she was a featured artist at the Mission Trails Art Show in San Diego, sharing the show with her sister Melody and mother Colleen whose paintings were hung as well as Candy’s fine art photographs. Their artwork won the month-long spot through a vigorous jurying process competing with over 100 other artists and groups.

 

She has won awards for marketing and portrait photography, and served as the staff photographer for the San Diego Padres Baseball Club.

 

She has photographed for newspapers and magazines, providing photographs that tell stories of life in these United States. She is working on a couple of photo/essay books for publication.

 

The most recent award was January 2010 when a photograph of Indian Pottery won her a spot in the Professional Photographers of America General Collection and was shown at the Imaging show in Phoenix.

 

In 2006 she won a National Leadership Award, 2007 was named Businesswoman of the Year, and was awarded the Washington State Grange Award for Volunteer of the Year with her husband Bill.