Your name: Karen Lucchini

Workshop:  week 1 

If you have a nickname, what is it? I don’t have one

Are you single, married, have children? I’m married for 12 yrs. 3’s a charm I guess.

I have 3 daughters & 6 grandchildren ages from 6 months to 17 yrs old

If you have children: how many, what are their names, how old are they: 3 Nina 35, Star 29 & step-daughter Jessica 25

What state do you live in? I live in Tallahassee, FL, originally from Chicago.

What do you spend way too much of your time doing? In front of my computer

What do you wish you could spend more of your time doing? Living, relaxing & being with my family.

How did photography find you? Well I raised 2 girls on tips & bought my first 35mm in 75’. I worked in a BQ restaurant in Tucson & could not afford to take my daughter to a photographer even K-Mart was too high or we could of use the money on food. So I just saved my tips & bought a Canon TLB. And took pictures of my kids & people liked them & asked me to do there family or events.

What is your favorite thing to take pictures of? People, capturing the moments

How long have you been doing photography? 34 years and learning something new everyday.

Do you have a photography business? If so, for how long? I started my business 99’ so that is 8 years.

What is your favorite food? Sushi TUNA!!

What is something you can’t live without? Baby powder & wine (and of course my family/Dogs)

What is something no one knows about you? Hmm… I like to be alone a lot and work. I don’t know I really don’t get a chance to think of me.

What is on your iPod or Playlist: I don’t have one, and what’s a Playlist?

Are you a night owl or early riser? I guess a night owl & still get up early.

What is your favorite guilty pleasure? Cake icing/sweets !!!

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world…dead or alive, who would it be? I guess my mother before she started to get Alzheimer’s. I want her to remember our talks we use to have for more than 15 minutes.

What are some things that you like? I love to cook!! Fishing w/my hubby Jeff.

Playing or talking with my grandkids. My granddaughter Alexis performs at Disney & in musicals & so does my grandson Dakota. And to have a great day in the studio or a great wedding.

What are some things you don’t like? HOT FLASHES!! And when people are rude and they think that they are better than you. And (In business/life) when people do not know what customer service is.

When you can do anything, what do you do? Going swimming/floating I don’t swim all that well and fishing!!

What do you have to do before you die? Have the best studio in town and want to go to Italy where my grandparents are from & Dominican Republic where my mother is from, and of course Peru.

Tell us something more about you:

Funny Kelly, it’s not only being PG that gives you gas!!

I laugh alone or when you have to be quiet. I also laugh in my sleep and wake my self up. I would have loved to written comedy or sitcoms!! My life sometimes is a sitcom.

Serious When it comes to time being late for a shoot or a wedding. I have to be early, early! And writing this questionnaire trying to come up with some decent answers so I won’t sound stupid : 0)

Entertaining I never meet a stranger, hmm…singing to my dogs when I’m getting ready to go to work.

Because I am so crappy at it & what are they going to say? Shut up.

Philosophical You girls are great just the fix I needed. I came up w/a slogan for myself “I have to be inspired before I expire!!!”

Exciting Going to the bathroom everyday?

Just kidding, going to the workshop in NC!!

True I’m a push over for my family I spend too much money on the grandkids.

Meaningful I take care of my parents it’s very rewarding.

Powerful I am proud of my life and that I experienced mother hood so young & survived on our own. I hitchhiked around the country when I was 17 was homeless for a summer (my choice) had a lot of heart breaks and disappointments but man I would not change that in a million years!! I love my kids!! And I met my husband years later.

Name 2 of your weaknesses: self confidence, not exercising, not organized (oops that’s 3) How about 5? I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings & it’s hard for me to say NO!!

Name 5 of your strengths: Fun, colorful, Italian, loving and honest.