Hollyann Hampshire-Photography and Art

I apologize to everyone following me that I have not posted anything lately. I have been working exclusively with film and doing some video production, and I have lost my reels so I have to borrow some before I can begin processing again. My video productions will be available for viewing as soon as I can find an appropriate means for displaying them. Hopefully they will be pleasing enough to abate the displeasure you feel with my concurrent absence.

What can I say about today? I set out to capture more pictures than I did, but the ones that I did, even for that one photo, I know I captured raw unadullterated emotion. It was the hardest thing I think I’ve ever done, to sit there and document something so symbolic, a passing on of someone I loved so much-with taps playing and the riflemen’s salutes-but no one ever said this was going to be easy. The important thing is that it is right. I love you Grandpa, and hope to honor you with my life’s work. You’ve inspired so much of my achievements, and this was the first leg on a very long journey. I know you’d be proud.

Tomorrow I get a second chance at a very important (allbeit amateur) photography course at my college. I have so many ideas in my head already and I really want to impress and inspire those around me with my work as I have before, but most importantly, I want to learn. I can’t wait :)

I must apologize that I have not recently posted anything. Shooting a wedding and finalizing all the photos has taken much time and energy, and I recently went through the process of dissolving my medical leave at my university, so I am returning to classes in three days, and moving in tomorrow. It’s a very big step for me, as it is literally a second chance at my life. I’ll be producing many new images through my classes and through my personal projects, so you’ll be seeing a lot of digital and film images. I’ll also be producing some video art works, so keep your eye out for that! I’m extremely excited, as this is my life’s passion, and I hope to inspire people with it. This is just the beginning of the journey, I like to think of the images I will be producing as my learning stages portfolio, and that someday I will create so many more great things. Hopefully I will inspire people with whatever images I make, wherever I am. No matter what, I know that I am by some miracle still alive, and I am going to live out this dream, and show people that life can be something so awe-inspiring beyond just what they know.-Hollyann Hampshire