Maria Erman Photography

Maria Erman

Site 4, Box 11, RR#2

Head Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia

B0J 1N0

Phone:

902.497.3243

Email:

ermanphotography@ns.sympatico.ca

Website:

http://ermanphotography.ca/

I remember getting my first camera, a hot pink 110 film camera, when I was 9 years old. I used to take all kinds of photos, especially of our pets. One of my favorite photographs is one that I took when I was ten or eleven. I remember positioning our family dog in front of my mother's motorbike parked inside the barn. Boy that dog had a lot of patience for a young photographer in training.
I grew up in Truro, but moved to Halifax in the late 90's to further my education. Since then, I have been in the photography industry to for 11 years - starting as a lab technician to working at one of Metro's most popular portrait studios. I didn't realize for that longest time my attraction to photography, yet kept on being drawn to it regardless what job field position I was in.
Having a real passion for photography, I am very lucky to be doing what I adore. The majority of my portrait sessions take place in the client's home, office, or on site, but I am now also offering sessions in my studio, located in Chezzetcook.

Charter Members

In the summer of 2006, two young girls from Weymouth, Digby Co., sat at a stand selling lemonade on a hot day. They hoped they would raise enough money to buy a trampoline.

But this was not your typical lemonade stand.

The two six-year-olds had borrowed $50 in capital from the Black Business Initiative (BBI) under the youth-focused Business is Jammin' program. They surpassed their goal and earned enough to buy a swimming pool for their backyard. They paid back their loan and started on the path of being successful entrepreneurs.

The Black Business Initiative believes this strategy is the key to continuing a vibrant, black business community in the future.

"Working with the youth and seeing them develop over the years and become the future business leaders in our community; we'd be very pleased to see that happen," says Gordon Doe, director of Business Development.

Nova Scotia's entrepreneurial spirit has always been strong. However, like in many other places in Canada and the United States, there are some unique challenges facing Nova Scotia's black communities in metro and rural areas.

In recognition of these challenges, the Black Business Initiative was created to enhance the presence of the black community in a variety of high-tech, manufacturing, tourism and cultural business sectors.

Black Business Initiative