I followed the sunlight in the garden of life and found the beacon of hope. Sending you light and love,

Lisa Adda (Survivor at age 42)

Lisa Adda is a photographer, artist, and speaker based in Northern California.

She has an intuitive and decisive sense of observation and formal training in composition. Lisa has the patience, optimism, and determination to capture images of life and light.

As the daughter of a retired photographer, Lisa has enjoyed photography ever since the 1980s when her dad said, “here’s a camera kid, take pictures.” 

For many years, Lisa worked primarily with film cameras and did not switch to a digital until her future husband gave her a digital camera as a birthday gift.  Lisa continues to enjoy studying photography with her husband as they travel on road trip adventures throughout beautiful, sunny California.

Lisa has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies/Public Relations from California State University, Sacramento and an Associate of Arts in Speech Communications from Sacramento City College (SCC).  Lisa has also studied accounting, real estate, and photography at SCC. 

Memberships

• The Professional Photographers of America (https://www.ppa.com/about)

• The Monterey Bay Aquarium (https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/)

• The Pence Gallery (https://pencegallery.org/)

• Filoli Historic House and Garden (https://filoli.org/)

Lisa uses a Canon R6 with a 24-105mm lens and Canon R5 Mark II with a 600mm f/11 lens and hopes that her collection of photos can potentially raise awareness to protect the habitats that birds need to survive, such as water resources, trees, and gardens. 

As the owner of Lisa Adda Photography LLC, Lisa shares her collection of photos in a variety of formats from greeting cards to acrylic and framed prints. 

As a cancer survivor, Lisa was able to launch her small business thanks to a grant from a local non-profit Thriving Pink. https://www.thrivingpink.org/