D. Sharon Pruitt, Photographer
Visit my official website www.PinkSherbet.com



Many of my photos have been selected by Getty Images for use as stock photography. If you are interested in using my images you can now license them on Getty Images!


So, you want to know a little about me?

Myers-Briggs Personality Type
ISFJ Guardian-Protector
The Nurturer
Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging


Discovery Insights Colour Dynamics:
I am a GREEN, followed closely by YELLOW, then BLUE and lastly, RED.

Rokeach Value Survey
Top 5 Terminal Values:
Family Security
True Friendship
Self-Respect
Mature Love
Health

Top 5 Instrumental Values:
Loving
Loyal
Responsible
Honest
Self-Controlled

Holland Code
I am ASE (Artistic, Social, Enterprising)
Non-conforming, original, independent, chaotic, creative.
Jobs I would fit into quite well are:
Photographer
Graphic Designer
Actor/Actress
Advertising Art Director
Film/Video Producer
Journalist/Reporter
Social Psychologist
Multi-Media Artist
Advertising Manager


I'm 43, living in Layton, Utah. I work as a freelance stock photographer and artist. I specialize in colorful photography with a unique twist, non-traditional stock photography, theme and concept photography, musician and band album cover art, alternative model headshots and unique portraiture. I am LGBT and family friendly.

The photographs are a collection of beautiful moments as seen through my eyes. They are ordinary seconds in time which, when paused, become the canvas upon which I introduce color, texture and emotion. Suddenly, these shutter stops become gripping.


My style is purely formed from "ordinary" smiles, laughter, nature, stillness, excitement, ecstasy, anguish and passion evident in all aspects of everyday life. They are gems evident in all peoples' everyday lives; they simply require the ability to be recognized and captured.

A few of my favorite things:
Seaglass, soft warm sand, salt air, sand dollars, starfish, collecting seashells and pebbles, sea breezes, warm summer days, windchimes, the smell of rain, lilac and orange blossoms in the spring, the sound of waves crashing on the beach, hauntingly beautiful male falsetto, foreign languages, the excitement I feel when visiting new places, campfires, fireflies, sunrise and twilight, berry picking, friendly smiles, world cultures and indigenous peoples.


My photo equipment:
Canon 5D Mark II (August, 2009)
Canon Zoom lens EF 24-105mm
Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1 mp DSLR (SOLD)
Kit lens EFS 18-55mm
Canon EF 100mm macro lens (my favorite lens)
Canon EOS XSi Digital Rebel 12.1 mp DSLR (October, 2008), my backup camera (semi-retired)
Kodak Z650 Zoom (retired and out of commission)
Kodak EasyShare CX6200 (retired and out of commission)

The first digital camera I ever owned was my 2.0 megapixel Kodak EasyShare CX6200. Some of my older and most loved photos on Flickr were taken with that inexpensive little point and shoot camera.



*The following is a partial list of media/news agencies, authors, artists, bands, musicians, non-profits and companies that have published or licensed my photographs.

Government and Federal Agencies
F.B.I.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit. My work used for a 2008 video slideshow about child abductions/missing children.

Advertising Agencies, Publishers, News and Media:
Getty Images
Yahoo, Inc. Start Wearing Purple marketing campaign
NYTimes.com (New York Times)
News.bbc.co.uk (BBC News)
CNN.com
Hearst Digital Media
AOL (America Online)
ACP Magazines (Australia)
Idearc Media Corp
Potomac Books
Rosen Publishing Group
Universal Magazines (Australia)
FirstCoastNews.com
NowPublic.com
Uzegt.be
Wondertime Magazine (Disney Publications) June, 2008 edition.


Education, Television, Entertainment, Consumer Products, Nonprofits and Software:

MTV Networks
EA Sports
ABC Studios (Criminal Minds)
Rosetta Stone
University of Texas HSC Houston
University of Michigan
Vanderbilt University
Microsoft
Philips Design Hong Kong

Housewifemafia dot com
A wonderful website dedicated to entertaining, supporting and empowering women.

Rutgers University Center for Applied Psychology and sexetc dot com
Sex, Etc. is an award-winning national magazine and Web site on sexual health that is written by teens, for teens. It is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer (formerly the Network for Family Life Education), a leading national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education. Answer is based at the Center for Applied Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

The Univerity of Quebec at Montreal, L'AEEPEP
L'asociation e'tudiante en education prescolaire et enseignement primaire. The association of students in preschool and primary education.


Hiyah dot net
A nonprofit company that creates free educational software for children with autism.

Funders Concerned About AIDS.
World AIDS Day e-newsletter, December 1, 2006. A nonprofit organization, mobilizing philanthropic leadership, ideas and resources in the fight against AIDS.


Richmond Publishing (Argentina) Publishes textbooks for private and public schools

Bands and Musicians

Brazilian Powerpop band, Wonkavision

New York pop punk rock band, D!CE.

UK musician, Richey Hackett.

German Band, 4 Cycle Engine.
Authors and Artists:

Annie Biggs, Movie producer, writer and director. Visit YearofTheRatFilm dot com to see!

German artist and painter, Gerwin Heinrich. Artchild dot de

Artist, Daune Sheri. Daunesheri dot com

Arizona artist, Judy Wood
ABrushWithAngels dot com

Author, Lynda Sandoval.
Lyndasandoval dot com








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