About Mary C. Miller

My friends shorten Mary C. Miller to "Mar". As a joke, they sometimes spell it the way it's pronounced - "mare". I am the mother of three, grandmother to four and have three great-grandchildren.

I am also a women blessed with an artistic and entrepreneurial spirit.

Much to my parents dismay, I never held a real job for over two and a half years. Having my own business, was a special joy.

After many years of owning (and working!) The Bonsai Bench - a 6 acre wholesale/retail bonsai nursery - I changed course again and became a freelance writer and speaker.

My fields of expertise are bonsai and tropical horticulture. I frequently write articles for a number of magazines including Florida Gardening and Bonsai Societies of Florida magazines.

If you have an interst in bonsai, please visit my bonsai site Bonsai-Mary.

In 2005, I wrote Bonsai with Tropicals - Some Things I learned Along the Way. I used lots of old photographs and my flatbed scanner helped get them ready.

Little did I know, I would use this same Epson scanner to create Scanner Magic!

My Photography Adventure

My foray into photography was one of need. As a magazine writer, I always required "better" close-up photos for my articles. I went from a simple digital camera to a $450. variety in search of the perfect shot.

After several lessons with an excellent professional photographer, Pedro Lastra, I realized it wasn't the camera!

Then, I discovered scanner photography. I was especially charmed by the deep rich, black backgrounds.

My Web Site Goal

My goal in creating the Scanner Magic site is to share with you a little known technique for creating fantastic close-up photographs - even for amateurs. Until recently, flatbed scanner technology for photography was a well kept secret.

I want to share the fun and amazing applications of scanner photography.

I know many of you will find scanography an enjoyable diversion or hobby, others may use it professionally and a few may go on to be scanner artists. But, everyone should at least know about Scanner Magic.

So much for the secret!

I had absolutely NO (as in zero) knowledge of creating a web site. But, I knew I wanted one.

My first mistake was to purchase one of those "fantastic, superb, unbelievably quick and easy create your own" packages.

My wild ride, web site experience is continued on the page about How I Created My Site.

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