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 "Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, Accentuate The Eyes, Aeronautics & Aviation, All About Flowers, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Amateur Photographers' Association, Amazing Graves, Animal Kingdom, Animal Photography - Limit 1 Photo Submission a Week, Bee & Wasp Passions, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Black and White Photography, Calendars R Us, Cards: Best of Your Best, Classic Cars Worldwide, Come Fly With Me!!, Communities, Cutest of the Cute, Dilapidated Buildings, Don't Fence Me In, Everything Winter, Fabulous Flowers, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), For the Love of Cats , 2 images a day, Forests, Funny Kritters, Happy Haven Photography Limit 2 images per day, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), Infrared Photography, Macro Untouched. 2 per day only, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative , Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Old & Rusty, One Single Flower On Show.. Upload 2 per day, Pets Are Us, 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 Keystone State - Pennsylvania, The true beauty, The Urban Environment, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vibrant Plants, Windows and Doors and You're Accepted.
