I try not limiting myself to any particular sort of photo. Most of my photos are taken with available light simply because I have not yet taken the plunge to studio work. One of these days I might make that committment, but for now I enjoy nature photography and available light portraiture. Fall is my favorite time of year and I probably take more photos in the fall than all three of the remaining seasons. I like for my photos to suggest a theme or tell a story.
Beauty is all around us, from majestic mountains ranges and pristine coastlines to the wonder you can find in your own backyard. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to "capture" that beauty and share it with my family and friends.
-Debbie E. Payne
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My introduction to digital photography began a number of years ago when the journalism teacher at the high school I worked at offered a short course in digital photography after school! I started out with a Minolta DiMage F100, moved up to owning both the Canon 30D and 40D and most recently acquired a full-frame dslr: the Canon Mark II 5D.
I also do a lot of "dabbling" in Photoshop CS5 but still consider myself self-taught on the ins and outs of Photoshop.I have taken several BP classes and have noticed a vast improvement in the quality of my images making many on-line friends along the way. I am in a critiquing club here at BP and have learned so much from my peers. There is so much to discover about both taking and editing pictures and it is that learning that excites me and spurs me on.
Photography is a process that has allowed me to see so much more than I ever did before - and in such unique ways.
Here are just a few of my favorite photography quotes:
You don't take a photograph, you make it. ~ Ansel Adams
Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow. ~ Imogene Cunningham
When the shutter closes, the world opens - Sharon Wax
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep! - Scott Adams
Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
You've got to push yourself harder. You've go to start looking for photographs nobody else can take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. ~ William Albert Allard
Twelve significant photographs in any on year is a good crop. ~ Ansel Adams
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~ Eudora Welty
The goal is not to change your subjects but for the subject to change the photographer. ~ Unknown
Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. Buying a Nikon makes you a Nikon owner. ~ Unknown
Sometimes I get to a place just when God is ready to have someone click the shutter. ~ Ansel Adams
Copyright for these photos belongs to Debbie E. Payne
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.