About

I have always been curiously drawn to photographs. As a very young child, I spent hours digging through vintage family photo albums and poring over portraits. When I was 10, I told my maternal grandmother that when she died, all I wanted her to leave me were the old photos.

About the same age, I picked up my first camera. By my mid-teens, I was using a 35mm Canon. I have remained loyal to Canon ever since (cheating on the brand occasionally with a medium format Holga). I shoot both film and digital.

I feel compelled to create what wants to be created, so I photograph places, people and things that interest, intrigue, inspire and humor me.

My work manifests itself in several directions:

• I enjoy travel photography, which primarily fuels my product line
• I incorporate my photos into note cards, or bag tags, desk calendars, note pads and more
• I exhibit in group and solo shows
• I do commercial work for clients who need images for their web sites or print collateral

I started the studio in 2006 as my “divorce dust” settled and in the wake of a fresh job loss because I needed a creative outlet to steer me through some dark days.  It started as a vehicle through which I started exhibiting recent works, but it grew quickly into the development of a product line, too.

My work background is in retail, sales and marketing, primarily for gourmet food, wine, art and travel. I’ve been a retailer and a wholesaler; I’ve hit all the major shows as a buyer or an exhibitor….and I feel like all of the pieces of my career are finally falling all into one place.

My mantra is: “feel. think. create.”

Cheryl Romankiw, photographer

PS:  Many people ask where the studio name came from (and about as many assume my name is “Ginger.”).  So, to set the record straight: Lucky was a huge stuffed dog I won in an art contest when I was about 6 or 7.  Ginger was my first Golden Retriever.