MarthaHolloway

ABOUT

Location

Southern Missouri

Born	A long time ago

Gender

Female

Member

Standard

Joined

April 2011

Interests

Photography, swedish weaving, traveling, motorcycles (actually Goldwing Trike), boating, reading, drawing and poetry.

Martha became a member of the FanArtReview community in April 2011. She has always had an interest in photography but it was mostly centered around family events and photos when traveling. The real passion for photography began when her husband bought her a Canon T1i for Mother's Day in 2010. She took a basic photography course, bought several books and started taking lots and lots of pictures. She will admit that in the beginning most of them ended up in the trash, but lately has started to find more and more "keepers". Her family and friends have been very kind to praise her pictures but she wanted to find a forum of like-minded individuals willing to offer more concise, honest criticism of her work. She felt that only then would she know for certain whether her photos had merit. She has been humbled, amazed and grateful for the acceptance of her work by others in this community of artist but believes she is nowhere close to being in a league of such amazing quality art as shown by truly artistic people on this site. She is grateful to her husband for supporting her newfound passion and is always willing to stop as soon as it is safe and possible when she sees a photo opportunity. Occasionally they are able to take trips on their Goldwing trike and her camera has become a permanent part of her riding attire. Leaning more toward landscape and sunset photos, Martha recently had the honor of photographing a young man for his Senior pictures. Never having considered portrait photos before she found it a fun, rewarding experience and has another Senior photo shoot coming up soon involving two sisters. She is currently beginning a series of photos involving old, abandoned barns she and her husband find while triking around the countryside. She spends the months of January and February on South Padre Island, TX and enjoys having new territory and subjects to photograph while there. She looks forward to meeting more and more members of this select community and hopes they will forgive her for being so slow to find her way around and become a part of this group. She enjoys looking at all the works of art and hopes that those she reviews are taken in the spirit for which they are intended. Her main goal is to learn and grow and meet new friends with the same interests.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Buzzzz reached "All Time Best" status.

Shake the Tree reached "All Time Best" status.

Shake the Tree reached "Recognized" status.

Buzzzz reached "Recognized" status.

I Could Use Some Help! reached "Recognized" status.

Bonding With a Turtle reached "All Time Best" status.

Bonding With a Turtle reached "Recognized" status.

Live to Ride reached "Recognized" status.

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