Featured Artist Angela Sanders

Artist Angela Sanders shares a colorful portfolio of surreal digital images filled with mystery and dynamic energy. View more by visiting her website.

 

 

My love for photography started in junior high. I had a keen interest in portraiture and began taking pictures of anyone willing to be my subject. In high school I started studying the technical aspects of photography and purchased my first professional camera.

 

 

In early 2000, I was offered my first position as a photographer with a commercial studio. I learned a lot about lighting, composition and staging. I enjoyed my assignments photographing sporting events and senior portraits. Then I quickly went on to receive awards in both categories.

 

 

Later, I took on a business position, not related to photography, but my interest was always there. I soon started working with a local band in Cincinnati, taking photos and capturing live performances. I started designing event flyers and generating press releases. This was a great new experience and a lot of fun.

 

 

Working with the band resulted in the opportunity to create my first music video, completing all the principle photography and editing. I currently have created three and look forward to more. These experiences have expanded the scope of my skills and has led to a fabulous partnership with another local musician/author creating ad campaigns for social media, music/poem videos and book covers.

 

 

Along this wonderful journey and inspired by this newfound world of music and literature, I created, quite by accident, the form of digital photographic layering that my newest collection is built upon.

 

 

One day I was asked if I could create a bizarre type of image. I was intrigued by the idea, but didn’t have any experience with this type of digital work. However, I was definitely up for the challenge. That is how it started, as an experiment. The first couple of images were not great but I could see that with a little finesse, I could create something I had never considered.

 

 

After a lot of practice and experimentation and learning to let my imagination flow beyond the bounds of normalcy, my new images started taking shape. The “Lotus Gate” included here, is the first one I felt that rose to a professional level.

 

 

I don’t limit myself to specific types of images such as landscapes and wildlife. Rather, I prefer to choose an image that interests me and build from there, leaving myself open to the moment and let whatever manifests to appear. I like to be surprised by the journey of the image and follow its mood to fruition.

 

Angela Sanders invites you to follow her on Facebook.

 

 

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