Saturday, May 24, 2008

Welcome

For some, photography is purely documentary. It is a 'true' visual record of a time and place, a person or thing. For others, the raw capture is just a starting point, and the finished image need not be true to what the camera or the photographer literally saw at all.

I'm new to photography, and a self-taught amateur at Photoshop. I aspire to master the tools and technology, to nurture my creativity, and to develop my own voice as an image maker; whether I am being 'true' in a literal sense to what the camera documents, or taking artistic license and stretching the raw image into something more magical. I hope I can one day live up to those aspirations. In the meantime, welcome to my journey.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good luck, Petra

The Animal

Jennifer Rouan said...

Best of luck! :)

Petra Paignton said...

Thanks, guys. :)

As soon as I learn how to get images up and doing what I want them to, I'll start posting pics.

ronin said...

Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris

Petra Paignton said...

Ad astra per aspera...