Jan Stead JEMproductions
Profile
- Name
- Jan Stead JEMproductions
- City
- Wagga Wagga
- Country
- Australia
- Joined
- Apr 2008
I received my earliest inspiration from my photography-mad grandfather, who built his own enlarger out of a large Golden Circle [brand] pineapple tin; one of my prized possessions is his old Rollicord camera, which still takes amazingly sharp photos if and when I can find the correct film!
So it is not surprising that my passion for photography preceded the gift of my first B&W camera on my tenth birthday.
I still vividly remember my very first photo ~ an old rusted car up a tree! It had been fixed to the trunk as an advertisment for something; a car museum I think.
This love of the photographic medium grew in my teens to include Super 8 movies. I still have all my 3 minute ones, along with some 20 minute and half hour edited and spliced productions.
As a young adult I studied photography while at University.
In one class we were given SLRs with macro lenses and the task of going to the botanical gardens to take macro slides.
I was rapt and simply fell in love with this medium and genre. It drew me like the proverbial moth; I was totally entranced and captivated by seeing and capturing the magical microcosms in nature, and every little piece of the Creation I could find, through the macro lens.
After many years without a good camera, I have returned to this, my first love, and am recapturing and discovering anew my passion for photography in with my digital fixed lens SLR. And now I am finding new and wonderful ways of capturing even larger pieces of the wonderful world around me, utilising new techniques, approaches and editing software.
It is a grand adventure!
My joy is multiplied and expanded as I give the glory to the One who has blessed me so richly.
To be in the company of like minded souls, wonderful people all, to share their passion and see their beautiful hearts is a rare privilege indeed.
I thank everyone on Red Bubble for all the encouragment, support, prayers prayed and affirmation you have given me in recent months.
Jan
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Groups
Jan Stead JEMproductions is a member of Complex Simplicity of Art, "Stream Crossings", *All Seascapes, 1:1 Macro Photography, Abstract Landscapes, Abstracts from Nature, All Flames of Light , All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Orange, All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical., Amateur Photographers' Association, Angel Wings and Poems, Animal Kingdom, Art Inspired by Dreams, As Is, Australian Bush and Rainforest Photography, Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Native Plants, B&W - Character - People Shots, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Canberra United, Candid Photography, Cards: Best of Your Best, Challenge Café, Colors of Water, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Contemporary Architecture, Creative Inspirations, Dawn and Dusk Light, Drawing Day, Environmental Awareness, Everyday Life, Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Farms and Countryside, Film Photography, Flowers in macro, For the Love of Cats, For The Love Of Jesus, Freedom to Shine, Graphic Scratch, Green!, Happy Haven, Human and Nature, In the Pink, Inspiring Greeting Cards, Kairos - Capturing the Decisive Moment, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection, Live, Love, Dream, Living Christianity, Macro H2O , Macro Untouched, Masterpiece: Photography, Mother Nature's Finest, My Neighborhood, Mysteries of the Common, National Parks of the World, Natural Developments, Nature's Macro Canvas, Night Photography, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Out of the Blue, Paris, Passions, Pencil Drawing, Photographic France, Purple Haze, Rain Drops, Religious Art & Photography, Rivers and Streams, Rural NSW, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits, Safe Haven, Shoot The Moon, Shots in the Fog, Simply White, Skyscapes, South East UK, Spiritual Art, Stairs, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Streetscapes, Sunrise, Sunset, The Beginners' Corner, The Eyes Have It, The Fine Art of Photography, The Healing Journey, The Picture of Scripture, The Urban Environment, The Word Tree, This is England, Trains, Travel and Adventure, Trees, UK to Australia and Back, Vibrant Plants, Watercolour Paintings, Waterfall Photography, Waves, Windows and Doors, WMG, Yellow Fever and You're Accepted.
Journal Entries
photos are one thing...but writing!!!???
Posted 8 days ago, 13 comments so far.
what cost the shot? A KAIROS moment missed...
Posted 16 days ago, 16 comments so far.
TWO MORE WORKS FEATURED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS!
Posted about 1 month ago, 12 comments so far.
Hi! I'm b a a ck! : )
Posted about 1 month ago, 23 comments so far.
Gotta go...I'll miss you all! _WARNING!!!_ *this is long!*
Posted about 1 month ago, 15 comments so far.
I'm stunned!!! Featured!!!
Posted 2 months ago, 16 comments so far.
Writing
I am That Blind Man: One Woman’s Story [Part i]
My life, so far, has been a mixture of the amazing and the ordinary, the miraculous and the mundane.
I WEEP AT YOUR FEET...A NEW PSALM
Forgive me Lord, / I fall on my knees, / lay on my face / weep at your feet
Jesus' Fingerprints
Jesus fingerprints remain / Etched in every cup he gave / Blood he shed / Debt wiped clean / His finger print still stays with me / His fingerprints still stay / / He is here now / I see hi…
stripes
a man on a donkey / rides through our city / enters like a king / and everyone cheers Hosanna! / Hosanna! / Praise to the King
angels' wings
the spirit / fills / spills over / around and within / as the symphony sings
It's not about me
With each sin / selfish mistake, / open or unseen / I wield the hammer / and pierce his flesh with those nails… / Again
