tmbgallery
Profile
I’ve been taking pictures since I could hold a camera. Always put in charge of taking photos at my mother’s social gatherings because I could manage to keep people’s heads in the frame :)
As I’ve aged my interest in photography has only grown. I feel as though I see the world a bit differently than others and I am able to express this through the camera’s lens. Angles, zoom, and lighting can only make beautiful things more pleasant, but it can also turn something deemed as ugly or chaotic into a piece of art.
My love of photography has turned more into a passion after a horrible auto accident in which I sustained a severe traumatic brain injury that changed my cognitive abilities and resulted in my withdrawl from university. I feel I am able to express my creative energy and busy mind through photos.
[2 years in high school and 1 semester in community college is the extent of my formal training. Always having a camera in hand has taught me more than I feel I could learn in a classroom.]
Groups
tmbgallery is a member of ! ♥ The "Heartland" Group ♥ !, *A Beautiful Blur, A Photographer's Craft , Abstract Art, Abstract Macro Urban Art (eg Grungy), Abstract Realism, Abstracts from Nature, African-American Experience, After Dark, All About Flowers, All About Water, All Out Emotion, All the Fun of the Fair, Almost Famous, Amateur Art Photography , Anticonsumerism, Architectural Photography, Artists with Disabilities, Atheism, B&W - Character - People Shots, Beach Art, Big & Beautiful People, Black and White Photography, Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight, Candid Photography ( 1/24 ) , Capturing Emotion, contrasting perceptions HELP WANTED NEED CO HOST TO RUN CHALLENGES APPLY IN THE FORUMS. THANKS, Creative Fashion Photography, Current Issues, Drive By Shooting, Environmental Awareness, Everyday Women, Extreme Close-Ups, Fashion and Editorial Photography, Feet First, Hands, Human and Nature, I ♥ Patterns, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, LEFT WING VALUES AND POSITIVE GLOBAL AWARENESS, Lesbian and Bi-Women's Art, Light and Reflection 1/24, Lips, Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {challenge theme only!}, MAJOR EVENT , Make-Up, Makeup Creations, Masterpiece: Photography, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Multiracial Beauty, Natural Textures, Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers or insects), Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Neon Heaven, Night Photography, Old & Rusty, Outsiders, Peace Love & Happiness Hippies, People and Portraiture Photography, Photographers self portrait, Photography 101, Photography Critique and Advice, Pop Art, Prize Challenges!!, Psychedelic Art & Design *TAG YOUR IMAGE!*, Put Out! or Get Out!!!, Queer and Gender Theories Group, Railway Art and Photography, Reflectivity, Religious Art & Photography, Requiem, Rivers and Streams, SEA, Seasonal 'Scapes, Secondary Hell, Self Portrait, Shadows & Reflections, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shifting Sands, Skyscapes, Smiles, Something To Say, Still Life Photography, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sunrise, Sunset, The Artistic Nude, The Beginner's Corner (profile page must contain photography experience), The Human Condition, The L Word, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Underground USA, Virginia, Voices for Animals, Woman Appreciation and ☮Peace☮.
