Jill Sprague
Profile
I am greatly attracted to images that impart a sense of natural grandeur and aged grace; whether it be the solemn, understated beauty of a stone angel perched upon its tombstone pedestal, or the sleek, shiny chrome finish on the bumper of a ’57 Chevy. My goal is to use my camera like Alice’s rabbit hole, to open an unexplored world, a place of curious self-expression, but also a world of new relationships, new chances, new beginnings and most importantly, new stories. I want to give the viewer a sense of looking at a hidden world we don’t normally “see”.
I like to capture an original photo of anything I find interesting, the beauty and mystery that is around us: I strive for a sense of pure, uncomplicated composition and hope that I can find the personality in sometimes impersonal subject matter.
I have been a photographer for as long as I can remember. I used to sneak into my parents bedroom and take, without permission, my father’s old collectible Kodak camera. At such a young age, I would go out and take some fantastic photographs. My parents would always wonder how the photographs got there until I confessed. I bought my first camera from the back of a cereal box at the age of eight. Even as a small child, I possessed a passion and talent for capturing that magical moment in time. My sense of unique photography didn’t go over too well with one of my traditional photography teachers; at one point, that teacher told me to give up photography all together because I wasn’t following the “rules.”
PS: I am happy to share my life with a wonderful illustrator & professional caricature artist and 3 beautiful cats. Check out his website, he’s a great artist. www.caricatoonz.com
PSS: I am more determined more than ever now to take more brilliant images and share my photography before I loose my eye sight to that dreadful disease called Glaucoma.
Groups
Jill Sprague is a member of "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, *ONE SINGLE FLOWER On Show*.. 2 Photo's per day, Accentuate The Eyes, All About Flowers, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Amateur Photographers' Association, Amazing Graves, Animal Kingdom, Bee & Wasp Passions, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Black and White Photography, Cards: Best of Your Best, Classic Cars Worldwide, Come Fly With Me!! (no birds, bugs or planes), Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), Cutest of the Cute, Dilapidated Buildings, Everything Winter, Fabulous Flowers, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Forests, Funny Kritters, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Infrared Photography, Macro Untouched. 2 per day only , Mood & Ambi(e)nce - Strictly Photos / ( No need to enter images in the group for the challenges), Moody and Evocative (no nudes), Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Old & Rusty, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Primate Art, Prisons, Gaols, Jails, Asylums, Iron Bars & Court Houses, Prize Challenges!!, Requiem, Rescued Pets, Statues and Such, Street & Shelter Cats, Sunflowers, Tabby Time ~ 3 per day, The Eyes Have It, The FENCE group, The Keystone State - Pennsylvania, The true beauty, The Urban Environment, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vibrant Plants, Windows and Doors, You're Accepted and Your Country's Best (2 images per day).
