My name is Ashley. I enjoy taking pictures during my free time and wanted to share some of my work. Growing up, my parents were always taking pictures or videos of things we did to capture our childhood, so having those memories have been a big part of my interest in photography. I started out taking pictures with my friends, using one of those cheap hand-held ones my parents bought me. Eventually, I started at my brother's hockey games, using an old Olympus DSLR camera (that I still have today) that my parents had, which was where I started learning about shutter speed to take better pictures. This led me to taking a photography class that was offered at my high school as part of the arts program where I learned more about lighting, composition, and all the aspects that go into photography.
I took some time away from photography during college, mainly due to the fact that my parents did not want me to take their only camera for some time because it was not as common yet for them to take pictures using their phones. Eventually they stopped using their camera and I was able to take it with me when I moved (and take it with me, I mean, I "borrowed" it until they stopped asking for it back... sorry Mom and Dad). I eventually bought my first film camera, a Canon AE-1, and have been learning how to take and develop film photos which has also been a super fun project to learn. My film camera collection continues to grow and currently I own several different film cameras such as a Topcon, Konica C35, a Mamiya C220 Twin Lens reflex camera, and many more.
I am most interested in macro photograghy, because it gives me a peak into the world of all things tiny, and I also enjoy sunrise/sunset settings. Most of my photos are of nature/inanimate objects but I have been practicing portrait photography more.
This website will be used to share my photography, but I also included an "Other Projects" Page to include links to other works of art I create.
Hope you enjoy!