I first picked up a camera in self defense. I had been unsuccessfully avoiding my mother's Brownie since I had learned to crawl away from her, and when I realized how many shoe boxes of blackmail material she had under her bed, I knew I needed some ammunition of my own. She was more successful in avoiding the camera than I had ever been, so I eventually gave up and started taking pictures of whatever caught my eye. My daughter once asked, 'would you like to take a picture of my doorknob?' In all fairness, I was taking pictures of her thermostat at the time. Portraits are my favorites, but it is rare that people can pose naturally for the camera (or that they want to) I do not have many in my collection yet. I love landscapes and old buildings and am always searching for fresh angles if it blooms, barks or flies. I am compelled by (okay, addicted to) light, shadow, reflection and color and practice speed shooting from the back of a Harley (thank goodness for digital). The whole first year was a blur (literally), but still shots are now much easier and have produced some amazing results (even if I do say so myself).
When I don't have a camera in my hand or hanging around my neck, I read instead of cleaning my house, cook as infrequently as I can get away with it, and try to find something to laugh about every single day. I'd rather write than speak because editing my mouth is a skill I never mastered, and I believe I am a photo-aholic because it's the only way I can focus.
If there are several photos in my gallery that you particularly like, but you do not have the wall space (or the cash), to buy them all, please ask, and I will be glad to make a unique collage just for you. I have found that like colors or similar objects works best, but some of the best creations are accidents so have some fun with it!
I thank you for looking through my gallery, and I hope you will stop back often; you are, after all, my creative motivation.
PLEASE NOTE:
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All images in this gallery are the original art of LINDA GALOK (that's me)
Every work on this website is protected by the U.S. and international copyright laws, all rights reserved. Each artwork image here may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without written permission. But I'm pretty sure you already know all that. :-)
Linda Galok joined Pixels.com Licensing on January 13th, 2010.
