AuntieJ

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City: Madison, Wisconsin
Country: United States

Joined: Feb 2008

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I have always enjoyed a good photograph and really got interested in photography via the 4-H program. I was amazed at the terrific photos that some of the kids took. I started listening to judge’s comments, reading about technique, attended some composition workshops and started studying photos in the newspapers and magazines. I eventually became a Beginning Photography Leader (teacher) with our local 4-H program. I’ve done a little bit of judging and have put together slide show presentations (pre-PowerPoint) for the State program.

May 16, 2009- I finally entered the digital age! My film camera died (Cannon Eos Elan with 28-80 ultrasonic and 100-300 ultrasonic zoom lenses and Cannon Speedlight) and I didn’t have the really big bucks to get a DSLR. So, I now am learning to use my new Olympus SP-565UZ. I wanted to go with Cannon, but the equivalent was much bigger, heavier and didn’t have as many SLR type options as the Olympus. I am hooked! I love the instant feedback from the digital; what a great learning tool! I will get that Cannon DSLR some day; I have too much invested in lens/flash and I really miss manual focus and working with filters. I might even get my film camera fixed.

My favorite photo location is the north woods of Wisconsin, especially the Lake Superior area. I also enjoy photographing “things”. Most useful photo tools: Rule of Thirds and cropping. Most difficult genre: sports/action, especially hockey (now where’d that puck go?).

I really don’t care it I never sell a single thing. I see RB as a learning tool to get feedback & critique on my work, so let it fly. One thing that you may notice is that I sometimes should have moved the camera a little to the left. I have a parallax in my right eye and I sometimes forget to compensate for that.

I like to write too, but more in the genre of journalistic writing vs. creative. Areas of interest are local history and ethnic heritaqge. I wrote a geneaology manual for 4-H when I was the leader for the family history project; needs to be updated now that the internet is such an integral part of researach these days. For a brief time I was a volunteer reporter for a Finnish American newspaper. Not sure if my writing would be appropriate for RB.

You might be familiar with my niece Michelle, another RedBubbler. Thanks Michelle for introducing me to RB and thank YOU for checking out my portfolio.