I’m Samantha, but you can call me Sami, with an i.
Enough about that, here is a little bit about me: I am 27 years young. I live in the middle-of-nowhere Pennsylvania. I love meeting new people and having new experiences in life, good or bad. I have 2 dogs and 3 cats. I am completely obsessed with all things nature and the happiness it brings me. During my downtime, when I get any, I go hiking, I dabble in snowboarding, I enjoy running, and spending time with friends and family. I am 1 of 20 kids! I know, you’re thinking that’s nuts! Well, my loving parents had 8 kids and then decided they weren’t done sharing their love and opened their hearts to 12 more, whom they adopted. I am the second youngest of the adopted 12. We lived on Long Island for a short while, before making the move to PA. Here, we grew up on a farm, chasing cows and getting chased after by roosters. Fun. Once I was done chasing animals, I chased after my dreams and attended Mansfield University as a first generation student. Wow, what a milestone that was! I then jumped right into the marketing world and now i’m a full time website designer and photographer. Now, here I am. Enjoying life and my career.
So, i’m the face behind the camera and the owner of Samantha Winiavski Photography. I started this business as a one man show! I had little education or background in the photo world (took classes in college), and decided to start my journey finding any excuse to use a camera to document moments in my own life. Taking photos of my friends & fam while growing up in Pennsylvania and Long island, simply so I could relive the moments over and over again. Slowly, my love for photographing my own life shifted to documenting the lives of others - and now here we are, it has truly been the most rewarding journey of my life.