Willa was fortunate enough to learn from a compassionate teacher while attending High School in Easton Pennsylvania. He was able to perceive her early photographic talents and helped steer her towards learning more about this newfound love, black and white film. Willa fell in love with black and white photography and learned the vanishing art of hand tinting photographs, which she has been mastering for the past twenty-five years.
Today, Willa takes black and white portraits as well as color of families in the Raleigh-Durham area. Willa has called North Carolina home for the past sixteen years where she lives in a charming historic neighborhood in downtown Raleigh.
Willa has recently taken on another interest primarily with the digital camera documenting objects from the past and present with a chief interest in culinary, toys, textiles, carnival and architectural details. Willa uses her artistic talents with digital enhancements to further the uniqueness of the image.
You can contact Willa Stein and visit more of her work at her website: willastein.com