In 2000, Diana went to her first pool tournament and she described “the lighting was like a bat cave”, she knew if she could work through this, she would learn a lot. That she did and the pool world drew her in. She has managed multimedia projects and is great friends with Earl “the Pearl” Strickland. She has been published by all the billiards magazines and did a lot of coverage for AZB, she produced 3 dvds: the Road Scholars, Earl the Pearl’s Road Stories, and the Wonder Wop with Danny Diliberto. They all have stories and trick shots and pictures, Danny D even sings on his. Diana covered the US Open and Derby for years. “There is so much action, a lot of ups and downs in pool, but I love getting those shots.” She has a web site dianahoppe.com. Her feature is Earl’s wisdom tooth signed. In addition to the billiard memorabilia and collectibles available for sale on her website, there is also some of her art and nature photography listed that is also available for sale.
Photographer Feature Spread Diana was born in Queens NY and eventually ended up in Winthrop NY, near the Canadian border on a 500 acre farm. Her dad traveled the world on a ship and took pictures, naturally Diana started taking pics at 3, and she even has a photo of that. She uses a D3 Nikon, loves it and uses many different lenses; she has her own lighting studio for indoors but prefers shooting pics outdoors, in Mother Nature.
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