Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Friday, May 9, 2008

This week's featured artist

This week Fawn is happy to showcase local photographer, Laura Goulding.


Laura has a card line in our shop that is full of vivid colors and has a unique take on ordinary objects.


Her birthday cards offer a vintage feel and are a gift in themselves.


Any of her cards can be special ordered and made into prints of any size.



Here is how Laura got her start.......

I first started taking pictures with a disposable camera in high school, mostly of my friends goofing off. I had to drop off my film and wait three days to get my pictures back before I knew if any of them turned out. That kind of pressure prepared me for my five years in the U.S. Navy as a photojournalist.

I still take pictures of people goofing off, but as a dedicated freelance photographer, my focus now is on finding the extraordinary beauty in everyday objects that people often overlook. I also do commission work on request, such as real estate, pictures of artwork, and special occasion photos.

I have since upgraded to an 8.2 megapixel Canon EOS 20D – a digital SLR - with a few different lenses to get the look I want. I do all of my own post-production editing before having the images developed professionally. Not coincidentally, the quality of my images has skyrocketed since high school.

I shoot anything that catches my eye, but I definitely find myself drawn to vivid colors and textures. I favor simple composition and clean lines in my photos. I love to snap images that capture a feeling or memory for the viewer; if I can do that, I feel successful.