Record #:

43235

Author(s):

Melissa McGaw

Abstract:

This article is discussing how the author got into photography and who inspired them to do so. The author discusses that their love of nature had come from their mother who was an artist. The author says they studied fiddle crabs and searched the beach for shells when they went with their mother. The author’s first experience with photography was when their grandmother gave them a Kodak instamatic camera after some talk with their mother. The author pursued a degree in photography in college and started their career as helping an advertising photographer. The author found that advertisement photography was not their passion and their mother helped introduce them to a friend that knew the photographer for the Wildlife in North Carolina Magazine. The author said after beginning this new careers they found their passion in wildlife photography and their experience in commercial photography helped them climb the latter in their field.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November-December 2021, p24-26

Subject(s):

Wildlife; Wildlife artists; WILDLIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA (Magazine); Wildlife photography; Wildlife--North Carolina; Photography