Prints with Claire Carroll
Claire started photography with a Brownie Starmite at the age of eight. Photography formed a small part of her BA(Hons) in Fine Art and she has been shooting ever since. However, only in the last few years has she chosen to approach it in a more “professional” way.
Wildlife photography is her passion with a preference for birds but joining NVPS and being part of a wider community of photographers has prompted an interest in other subjects and a desire to experiment with different styles and techniques. Her mind is more art than science and technically she finds all aspects of photography a challenge! She is extremely grateful to her friends at NVPS who have taught her so much and given invaluable support and encouragement over the last two years.
Claire shoots Canon and her favourite piece of equipment is the 100-400 L lens.
Claire is also an actress and has had various roles in theatre and film over the last 15 years. Her most notable, and long running, performance is as a talking portrait in Hogwarts at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, Orlando. She has written and produced her own one woman show, Beef Encounter, which she has performed at various theatre festivals in the USA and UK.
She is married to the long suffering Steve, who is a Commander in the Royal Navy.
Claire has had images juried in to Nature Visions, Vienna Arts Society and The Art League at the Torpedo Factory. Four images were selected as finalists in the Homage to Winogrand contest judged by Ksenya Gurshtein, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art.
She won second place for her image, Blue, at the Herndon ArtSpace 2014 Fine Art Photography exhibition and the Juror’s Award for Lifesaver in the Art League’s Pop Art exhibit in April 2014.
Digital Presentation with Susan Phillips, Topic “Feeling Nature’s Beauty”
Susan S. Phillips will present a music/video show of her favorite landscapes photographed between 2009 and 2013. As the title suggests, nature is the source of inspiration for the images. Although Susan shoots many other subjects in nature like florals and wildlife, she wants each of her videos to focus on a particular theme; this being the landscape. The pictures were taken in various locations within the US including Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. All images were digitally enhanced to create an artistic version of the scene. The addition of music adds another expressive element to the visual and creates the dynamic feeling.
Susan joined the NVPS in 2009, and has actively participated in competitions and activities winning many ribbons . She is currently co-VP of Competitions managing over 100 entries a month in print and digital classes; including a different judge each month from outside the club. She feels this has been a wonderful experience working with fellow Board members and providing the opportunity for members to show their work. In 2010 Susan won an award from Lowe Pro at the Nature Visions Mid-Atlantic Photo Expo ; 2011 at Nature Visions she won “Best In Show”, also awards from Corey Hilz Photography and Olympus Camera for her pictures. In 2011 she was juried into the Joe Miller Abstract Photography Show . 2012, received 2nd and 3rd place awards for Wildlife in the Claude Moore Park Photography Expo. 2012 , juried into Nature Visions; 2013 Exhibited at Vienna Art Society Photography Show. 2013 tied for most juried into Nature Visions from NVPS with 7 photos . 2014 won Honorable Mention for Small Creatures in the Washington Gardener Magazine Photo Contest and published in their spring issue; the photo will be exhibited at Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna.
Susan has a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and worked as an Art Director/Designer using the camera for many ad campaigns and source for design. She was a Photographers Rep for the group Focal Point selling stock photos and assignments in the days before the computer. That job led her to Xerox where she was Sales Rep for the Mid Atlantic Region . In getting back to her creative side she started her own Landscape Design Company photographing all of her projects for the company portfolio to show prospective clients. It wasn’t until 2001 that she started using a digital camera to document her sons rowing and also her ladies golf league. The digital game was the game changer ! Since 2008 she has taken workshops and classes with Alan DeFelice, Jack Nevitt, Corey Hilz, Elliot Cohen, Joe Rossbach, Mark Lissick, Mary Louise Ravese, Richard Bernabe, Ian Plant, George Stocking, Colleen Miniuk Sperry, Jackson Bridges, Sue Bloom and the Nikonians.
Susan will continue on her journey of fine art photography, learning new skills and being renewed in the divine beauty of nature.