From 1994 to 1998 I spent a gazillion hours on the MAC, in Photoshop. I wrecked havoc on images and graphics as I found my way around PSD docs and saved lots of crap to zip disks. Yeah! A few hundred megabytes of stuff. But Photography didn’t really rear its head seriously until a trip with my best friend David. While I had always taken pictures (since the 70’s) and had stirrings of creative, photographic delight, it was that trip to Venice, Italy that photography changed my life and ignited my passion, furiously. It became my first love for a very long time and in 2002 it moved to second place, replaced by my husband and partner, Byron. But move as it may, it brought to it a whole other level and dimension with the fine art and the digital nurturing I was able to partake in due to my love nesting with Byron. With Byron by my side I learned how to make sense of my art. How to have discipline, to be consistent in my work, how to be savvy technically and how my talent was believable. And together all of it was quite the combination! Byron+Me+Photography+Art = Passionate, provocative, beautiful, love evoking imagery (among other things). Then add Photoshop in the mix, yikes! I’d say I had finally found my long awaited simmering, artistic expression all wrapped in love.
Oh and for the record since 2000 I work primarily on a PC. This is another post entirely!
Photo Credit: Negative Film Scan of Gondolier in Venice, 1998 by Amy A
