I have learned more about photography through workshops and studying the subject through books, magazines, web articles, and learning sites. I have also upgraded my hardware and software so I can offer better images as a result of improvement in the state of the art.

Contact us about this ^top   The Artist   Detail   - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266700027 # 3 Posted: 02/20/10

Observations have been made over time by writers, poets and explorers which express what seems special to me about the images. The quotes might give us all something to think about.

Contact us about this ^top   The Artist   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266699816 # 4 Posted: 02/20/10

I love photography because it permits me to make visual memories of the places we travel and the things we enjoy most during these journeys. I love to review these images and listen to ways my mind says they could be used to illustrate a slide show, a book, or even an email. It is amazing to me to see where we are visually in our society. When I see the fascinating graphics on the television or movie screen or in print, I become excited to see where we are with our visual capacities. The digital world has literally exploded in my lifetime. It never occurred to me that we would be able to make a picture, process it and print it within such a small amount of time. The beauty of it is that anyone can do this and really enjoy it!

Contact us about this ^top   The Artist   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266298111 # 5 Posted: 02/16/10

It doesn't take much! A potential for a beautiful sunrise or sunset, a beautiful day with "Carolina Blue Sky", a trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway to an area where I know there is an exquisite waterfall, or a tiny flower under the picnic table where we have enjoyed our lunch. It is almost like there is a call from within which lures me to the natural world, and I must answer it.

Contact us about this ^top   The Artist   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266298008 # 7 Posted: 02/16/10

I am a Registered Nurse by profession and now a digital photographer, professionally registered in North Carolina. Because I glean so much pleasure, peace and serenity in the natural world, I wish to share this with others through my photography and writing. Something occurs inside us when we spend time in the out of doors--it is not always the same something in each of us. This whispers to our soul and we find it permeates us in ways we cannot explain. If I can capture the essence of this in my images and share it with others, I feel satisfied.

Contact us about this ^top   The Artist   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1265061685 # 9 Posted: 02/01/10

Giclée is a French word for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990's but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints. ~from Wikipedia 

Because these prints are so finely made, they make outstanding artist reproductions on canvas. They can be wrapped around a wooden frame and displayed with or without framing. The canvas "breathes" and appears very much like a painting, thus giving a very high quality appearance to the image produced this way.

Contact us about this ^top   The process   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266701271 # 1 Posted: 02/20/10

HDR images are created by making two or more (sometimes more then five) images in the camera of different exposures. Most ofen a tripod is used, as well as a cable release, and possibly "mirror-lock up". Mirror lock-up is accomplished through menu settings in a DSLR camera where the mirror is raised on the first click of the camera, and the image is created on the second click. The images are then adjusted using Aperture, Photoshop, or other photo editing programs and merged in Photomatix Pro. They are then returned to the photo editing programs and if further adjustments are needed, these are applied. HDR has emerged as a way of capturing a wider range of exposures than one can make with a single image.

Contact us about this ^top   The process   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266700391 # 2 Posted: 02/20/10

I use a Canon EOS 40D digital camera and three lenses: EFS 17-85mm, the EF 75-300mm zoom, and EFS 18-55mm. I use a Manfrotto tripod and head and usually use my circular polarizer, a graduated ND filter, and carry all of it in a Canon backpack. I work on an iMac computer, 20" with 24" digital display and primarily use Aperture for organizing my images and processing them. When it is necessary to further process my images, I use Adobe Photoshop. I print my pictures on an Epson R1900 13" x 19" photo printer, or outsource them to a printer and framer with whom I have worked for several years.

Contact us about this ^top   The process   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  ID: 1266298036 # 6 Posted: 02/16/10

I am basically self-taught, but have also attended workshops throughout the years to learn from other photographers. I read and study books, magazines, websites, and ask a lot of questions when I encounter other shutterbugs. There is such a wealth of information available in print or on tutorials. I am a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and MacCreate, both of which offer a great deal of information for photographers.

Contact us about this ^top   The process   Detail   < Previous - Current^ -  ID: 1266297958 # 8 Posted: 02/16/10