Michaelynn Vandiver is a native Texan based out of her newly acquired B&B in Dominical, Costa Rica. Aside for being a self taught silversmith, Michaelynn is also an accomplished and certified professional photographer.

Michaelynn was born into a family of artists on her maternal side. She was self taught in camera and film with her own in house darkroom at the age of 12. She then went to further her studies of art history and photography in Austin, Texas.  Michaelynn also attended the Art Institute of Houston and finished with a degree in fine art photography with the hopes of traveling and becoming a nature photographer around the world. After being told that as a woman she could never be a National Geographic Photographer as she had always dreamt to be, she then shifted gears entirely and became a fixture and photographer of the Austin & Houston music scene. She then naturally progressed and moved her sites to Los Angeles to work in the music business-photographing many musicians and celebrities of the 90’s and early 2000’s. She also worked in the entertainment field at Fox Television. She photographed behind the scenes, stills & brand work for popular tv shows and movies. After leaving LA and the music business behind, Michaelynn then shifted gears again and spent some time living in England and Ireland where she worked independently capturing the history and the stories of the areas she traveled.