A8 - l - THE MIRROR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015
People of the Peace Sharon Smith, owner of Rainbow Studios, is closing the shutter after 35 years in the camera business
An eye Jonny Wakefield / Staff Writer
Sharon Smith opened Rainbow Studios in Dawson Creek in 1984.
Jonny Wakefield Photo
There was never much telling who or what might be in front of Sharon Smith’s camera lens on a given day. It could be a happy couple at a wedding, or a child hauled in by grandma for Christmas photos. Or, it could be a piece of factory damaged merchandise, a horrific workplace injury. Smith and her husband Dusty, who own Rainbow Studios, first bought a camera store in Dawson Creek in 1979. Since then, her lens has documented joy, pain and everything in between. On Saturday, they closed Rainbow Studios, the final step in their long-standing plan to retire. Smith started out taking photos of her kids and the scenery, before “getting carried away” with a good camera. She found work managing the camera department at Kmart in the Dawson Creek mall in the late 70s. In 1979, she and Dusty
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