In our Featured Photographer series, we highlight the work of our former and current students!
Your Name: Nancy Wessels
Type of Camera: Olympus OM‑D E‑M1
What do you love to photograph the most?
I have been a photographer for over 20 years. I recently traded in my heavy Canon camera for an Olympus OM‑D E‑M1. I love the image quality that I get shooting with this camera and it’s not a burden to carry when traveling or walking for long periods of time. My favorite things to photograph are landscape and wildlife. I like taking some architectural images as well.
Advice you’d give to others wanting to grow in their photography skills:
My advice to anyone wanting to grow in their photography skills is to just keep shooting. Take pictures as often as possible and keep practicing. Whatever you like to take photographs of, step outside your comfort zone and practice on a new genre. I’ve been trying to do that myself and practice taking more pictures of people.
As usual, it was difficult to choose just one image. I am proud of this image mainly because I fret so much about whether or not my settings are correct on my camera, I often miss photo ops. I took my daughter to San Francisco in the spring and took her sailing for the first time. We were lucky enough to see a whale while we were on the water and I was able to capture it. It was very cold, windy and foggy once we got outside the bay and near the Marin Headlands. The colors in the image are very muted because of the weather that day. I have been to San Francisco many times and have been on whale watching trips as well but this was the first time that I was able to witness one of these beautiful creatures in person.
