I first picked up a camera in the late 1960s on the East Coast, when at the age of fifteen I learned to shoot and develop 35 mm black and white film. I’ve been enamored of graphic arts ever after. Since then, I have tried to be practical, pursued multiple academic courses of study, relocated to the Twin Cities in the mid-1970s, raised a family, worked with community organizations, nonprofits, and in the practice of law, before returning to my first love, art. As a digital photographer, I am largely self-taught, only beginning to work at that craft in my middle years, after my eldest daughter had become an artist and teacher in the medium.
My art flows directly from who I am, a person recently formally placed on the Autism spectrum, who has inhabited it for decades. I look at the trees and the forest, and see the geometric shapes between and within them. I notice small details and parts of things that for the usual person blend in with their surroundings. Most photos have been taken with an Olympus C765, although I am learning my way around a newly acquired SLR camera. Once images are digitized on my camera, I use Photoshop to crop, enlarge and adjust them to reflect what I saw, rarely using other aspects unless they substantially strengthen the primary image, or provide a strongly-contrasting accompanying image. Only within the past six months have I begun to print in larger sizes.
I photograph Shore Images, Nature Closeups, the Created World- Urban and Rural Structures, and classic autos, especially in their details such as mascots or custom work, machinery, animals, sky, and water images. I rarely photograph people, as they are not what first catches my eye.My images are available through several online sites:Come visit my store on CafePress!
http://www.cafepress.com/janesprintsYou can also visit my store on Number1Artist!
