Amy Goalen was introduced to the art of photography in her Southern California high school like so many others. She settled on the lofty aspiration of "being a photographer" when she grew up. She continued her studies in college and became a staff photographer for her college newspaper.Amy went back to college at the age of 26 to pursue a career as a photographer. She enrolled at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA and began a journey that would take her so much further than she ever dreamed.

In her third and final year at Brooks, Amy learned to scuba dive and had the incredible opportunity to be in the Undersea class taught by Ralph Clevenger. Upon graduation in December 2003, Amy has continued to dive and perfect her undersea images.
In June 2004, she traveled to Ecuador to dive the Galapagos Islands for two weeks. Later that year she began working as the Digital Studio Supervisor for Brooks Institute and enjoyed a rewarding mix of learning the latest digital capture technology as well teaching it to the students.
In 2005 Amy relocated to Los Angeles where she currently resides with her husband, George. She spent 3 years working full-time as a Digital Tech for commercial photographers and teaching digital tech training classes to people wanting to become a digital tech in the industry.
For more than 5 years now Amy has created her own style of fine art photography that mixes undersea, nature images, and photo journalism into some incredibly unique imagery.