10 Fun Facts

About Me

Self Portrait, 2023.

1.


I'M AN EXTROVERT. I enjoy making new friends - human or animal.

Leah Ramuglia eating ice cream with a wild deer in Nara, Japan.

Selfishly not sharing my ice cream with this deer in Nara, Japan. 2016.

2.


I grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts and I've had a camera in my hand for as long as I can remember.


Now I BELONG TO the PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND I AM ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE BOSTON CAMERA CLUB.

Leah Ramuglia photographing as a child in the 90's in the Boston Public Garden

Photographing in the Boston Public Garden in the late 90's.

3.


I graduated from syracuse university with:


a Bachelor of Science in Biology.


A Minor in Neuroscience.


a minor in psychology.


But my favorite class, was Black & White Film Photography.

Leah Ramuglia ziplining in Guanacaste Costa Rica with a Syracuse University orange shirt

Zip lining in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. 2014.

4.


I worked in the travel & tourism industry for a decade, and I love exploring.


I have been to 31 countries.


And 26 U.S. States.

Leah Ramuglia with religious Sadhus in Kathmandu Nepal

Greeting the Sadhus at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. 2017

5.


the beach is my happy place.


there is nothing more calming for me, than the sea.


Listening to the waves crash along the shore, washes all my stress away.

Leah Ramuglia on the beach in Española Island in the Galápagos Ecuador with sea lions

Hanging with the sea lions on Española Island in the Galápagos, Ecuador. 2012.

6.


I'm a 3rd generation italian-american.


I've visited Italy twice, but I haven't explored where my family is from.


I make my own pasta sauce and I'm wicked picky about Italian Restaurants.

Leah Ramuglia on a cruise ship in Portofino Italy Italian Riviera coast

Cruising by Portofino, Italy. 2013.

7.


I Love to be active and play sports. I have been doing some physical activity or another at all times in my life.


Competitively I have played: soccer, ice hockey, indoor field hockey, track, softball, basketball.


less competitively, I also enjoy(ed): hiking, snowboarding, kayaking, swimming, yoga, pilates, karate, dance, horseback riding, fencing, figure skating, and gymnastics.



Leah Ramuglia hiking in Sedona Arizona red rock state park devil's bridge

Facing my fear of heights at Devil's Bridge, Sedona, Arizona. 2016.

8.


I'M A Night Owl.


I love to spend my days outside photographing, and my evenings editing in the glow of my computer.

Leah Ramuglia sitting at the Taj Mahal at sunrise in Agra, India.

Somehow I was awake before sunrise at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. 2011.

9.


I'm afraid of heights.


But i usually remember that on the way up the chairlift, near the edge of a mountain, or at the top of the rock climbing wall.

Leah Ramuglia paragliding in the Annapurna Conservation Area and mountains in Nepal

Paragliding over the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. 2012.

10.


Winter is my favorite season.


I'D RATHER BE OUTSIDE THAN INSIDE.

Leah Ramuglia Photography self portrait outside winter wonderland Hanover, MA south shore Boston

Self Portrait, 2022.

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