(PCM+) Visions of Challenge & Beauty

Story by Marlys Cervantes / Staff Writer

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“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. “~ Pablo Picasso

A great deal goes into the beautiful and awesome photographs we see as the outcome of her work. Years of experience and knowledge, and an eye for how to capture just that picture that will draw you into the moment. Lauren Payne has worked in many areas of photography beginning with her father’s challenging national fishing business where she worked after graduating from Oklahoma State University. At the business, she performed all types of marketing and other tasks, but photography was the real passion.