Sophie Doell Photo Art
I paint with light. I photograph landscapes, nature, people, pets, and things I find humorous.
21/07/2022
21/07/2022
After a long hiatus due to life circumstances, I'm finally getting back to photography again. Here's a photo from 2 days ago of the east bank of the Ohio River during the Golden hour of sunset, seen from the dock at Charlestown State Park.
03/06/2021
An Artist Who Paints With Light
Thank you for visiting my FB page and taking the time to get to know a little bit about me. I have loved photography ever since I was given my first camera, a Yashiga rangefinder, when I was about 10 years old. A whole new world opened up for me through the camera lens. I loved being able to capture what I saw and sharing it with others. I learned about the mechanics of photography mostly through trial and error, as most kids learn to do things. I would go to the library and borrowed books on photography. I loved Ansel Adams' work, and dreamed of one day being able to create images with such impact on the viewers.
When I took a photography class in high school, I learned to use photography as an art form. It empowered me to communicate to the world through the images I create. I discovered that through photography, I can touch people in ways that words sometimes fail to do. Photography then became more than just a hobby. It became a way for me to interact with people, like talking and singing, a way for me to express myself.
I continued in the art of photography for many years, moving on from rangefinder camera to single-lens-reflex camera. As I journeyed through life and became a wife and mother, and as the responsibility and expense of raising children grew, the resources and time I have for photography gradually diminished. A quarter of a century flew by and my 6 children are now adults, and I found myself with time for the art of photography again.
It has been a wonderful journey of learning and growing, and I am so grateful for the generous photographers more advanced than me who have let me learn from them. Nothing would give me more joy than to keep learning about photography, to take more photographs, and share what I see through the lens with the world.