Laurie  was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1952 and has lived her whole  life close to the ocean.  Her love for photography started at the age of  10 when her parents bought her, her very first camera and she has been  taking photos ever since.  Her photography has taken her to such places  as Italy, France, Spain, England, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Turkey,  Hong Kong, new Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Beijing, Mongolia, and the  Channel Islands, U.K. She has attended workshops and enjoyed the chance  to discuss photography with other like minded individuals. In 2007 she had the privilege of doing a  photography show with her good friend and traveling companion, Joy  Laking. The show was th entitled "Here and Away-Seeing the world with  Passionate Eyes".  Her photography business is called "eagle i images"  because when she captures a beautiful or intriguing image, she does feel  like she is soaring with the eagles.