Jennifer Marano

I have always loved to travel, and for many years my main interest in photography was to document my trips. I carried small cameras because I was often hiking or rafting or other activities that weren't friendly to bigger cameras. Then, a few years back, I broke my leg and had a difficult recovery. Frustrated and at loose ends, I decided to get more serious about photography and bought a "real" camera, a Sony a 6000 camera body and two lenses, in the summer of 2017.

After a rocky start (trying to photograph tree swallows, not the best starter subject) I realized that I needed some help and began taking classes at the local community college. I also joined a camera club and started going on field trips and workshops. I really love wildlife, nature and landscape, and I've dabbled a little bit into macro. I discovered that I consistently avoid photographing people, so I have tried to force myself to do more of that. I've also started to experiment with monochrome.

I'm not too adept at computers, so have started a Photoshop class and have taken a few workshops in Lightroom in order to learn how to enhance the photos I take. I'm hoping that this discussion group can give me some pointers on how to best present my images. After so many years of photographing as a reminder of where I have been, I've now become interested in how others view my work and I want to learn how to convey to others the beauty (and sometimes the ugliness) that I see all around me.

Thank you,
Jennifer.