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Colleen Miniuk

Colleen Miniuk

Outdoor photographer, writer, instructor, and motivational speaker based in Chandler, Arizona; former Intel software engineer who left corporate life in 2007 to pursue nature photography full-time.

Jun 4, 2026

7:43
Yeah.
7:43
And, and if that's community, amazing.
7:46
If it's on your own, amazing.
7:48
The th- the thing is that you're listening to your own voice, and you're embracing the values that you find important for your own, not only photographic journey, but, but also your life.
7:59
And so, I mean, I, that's what I got out of, of the e-book is, is making sure that we understand who we are, um, in, in a much d- in a deep way.
8:10
Like, not just like, "Oh, I've been told I need to do this, this, and this," but, but truly sitting with yourself, whether that's, you know, alone or not, but sitting with yourself and saying, you know, "What do I value? Why am I f- why am I photographing?" Like, what is, what is photography and art, what is living doing for me? Like, why, what am I doing with the time that I have available to me? And I just feel like that really came through in this, in this particular-

11 MINS LATER

19:15
[laughs]
19:16
I'll come up with a fun title, but I mean, I think it ties to, um, this idea of, of not regretting and, and experience, openness to experience and having courage to try new things.

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