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Katrina Steele

photographer

Bio

Katrina Steele is a photographer in Knox County, Ohio.  She works across many genres but is particularly drawn to images portraying the natural world.  Katrina has placed in numerous local competitions and participated in juried shows at Bryn Du (’20 and ’25), the Ohio Artist Registry Exhibition (’23), and the Ohio State Fair (’23).  She is a current Click Pro Elite through the Click Community/Click Magazine. Her work has been published in local and regional guides and breed industry magazines, and online through various platforms, and she has volunteered countless hours photographing events for local non profits.  

Artist Statement

I am a photographer from  Knox County, Ohio (northeast of Columbus).  I am a wife, a mom of six, a lover of books and music and coffee.  Hiking and gardening and spending time outdoors refresh me, and I have realized that nature is vital to my well being. Photography is a great way for me to get my nature fix and also provides a creative outlet. 

I photograph for many reasons.  To document my days.  To be one who notices. To have something for ME that I love.  To share my life with others.  To stay connected to family and friends.  To do something that lasts.  To create.  BUT on a deeper level, I am a photographer because the world is broken and there is so much ugliness that it’s my small way of fighting back.  Kind of a “pushing back the darkness” thing.  Yes, there is a time and place for images that reveal the dark side of life, but for my part I can reveal the good and beautiful and true things that offer hope.  A quote that has always been a favorite of mine is taken from a song by the late Rich Mullins.  He sang, “… there’s so much beauty around us for just two eyes to see, but everywhere I go, I’m looking….”         So everywhere I go, I AM looking.   I want to be aware.  I want to notice.  I don’t ever want to lose the awe and wonder and gratefulness that the Creator of the Universe made so many amazing and beautiful and glorious things that are all around.  Yes, the sunrises and sunsets, the grand vistas, the crashing seas and majestic mountains for sure.  But also the newborn lambs in the pasture.  The buds on the maple tree. The sparrows in the nest.  The raindrops on grasses.  The small things that I need to slow down to notice.  Photography grants me that gift, and I am so thankful.  

Feel free to check out my work on Instagram – it’s an eclectic (read: mishmash) of personal work, projects, and also some actual nature art.