SylviaCook


Profile

SylviaCook
City: Newcastle
Country: United States
Joined: Jun 2008

Photography is just one of my hobbies, as I do have another day job. I grew up with a father who was a photographer, so I was around a studio, photo equipment, a darkroom, and chemicals. Yes those were the days before digital. I was many times his practice model for the new light meter. I started college majoring in art, but not photography in particular. Career and family took me in another direction, but now I am enjoying practicing my design and art background with digital photography. As far back as 1979, I was awarded the Seattle Times Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Award. One of my travel photos was also chosen for publication in a table top photo book.

Photography for me in this new age of digital wonder is amazing. I like to see the whole, but the details of a subject are what really intrigue me. The small things, the ordinary things seen in an extraordinary way, the textures and the designs of nature are all fascinating. I hope to express some of these things in my photos, and provoke a memory or perhaps an emotion.

Visit my flickr site for 2000+ images, any of which I can upload to RedBubble to make a product of your choosing.

Take a look at my Bubble Site


Check out some of my sets
  1. Pacific Northwest
  2. Waterdrops
  3. Flowers
  4. Landscapes
  5. Nature
  6. Stilllife
  7. Christmas
  1. Italy

Groups

SylviaCook is a member of All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Yellow Gallery, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *ONE SINGLE FLOWER On Show*.. 2 Photo's per day, Abstracts from Nature, All About Flowers, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Bokeh, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Cards: Best of Your Best, Color Me a Rainbow (GREEN must include human or animal), Cottage Style, Depth Of Field (2 images per day) - Read Group Rules Please, Falling Leaves, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro, Green!, H2O Macro, Horizons, Human and Nature, In the Pink 50% pink, Italy and all Things Italian , Layered with Texture, Live, Love, Dream: , Macro Water Photographic Gallery, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Pacific Northwest , Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day , Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Seasonal Greeting Cards, SHOPFRONTS , Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Streetscapes, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! (2 Images per day please), The Greatest View in the World, The Other Side of Italy, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, TUTORIALS (Help and Advice forums), Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waterfall Photography, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Windows and Doors, Your Country's Best (2 images per day) and Your Magic Place (PLACES only!!).

Journal Entries

Featured in "Cottage Style"

Posted 4 months ago.

Yay, another new challenge winner!

Posted 6 months ago, 4 comments so far.

Challenge winner!

Posted 6 months ago, 6 comments so far.

Featured....just realized!!

Posted 7 months ago, 1 comment so far.

Thanks for the #1 spot!!

Posted 8 months ago, 2 comments so far.