June Cameron (Hackett) Campbell
Biography:
I was born and raised in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, moving to Northumberland in 1977 when I married Steve Campbell. We were high school sweethearts at Shikellamy, meeting during the spring musical Carousel in 1973.
A Brownie camera when I was six, and a Kodak Instamatic at seven (I could change the film in that one myself because it had a film cartridge), got me hooked on photography. My oldest sister gave me some instruction, having been instructed herself as part of the photographers at the Girl Scout Round-Ups in the early 1960’s. She told me to “try and frame your subject, a tree branch or flowers, through a window of a building or fencing”.
Before the advent of desktop publishing, I would use my photos of flowers and landscapes and glue them onto paper to make greeting cards. Once computers facilitated the making, along with using online companies like Shutterfly, I was in heaven creating cards for all occasions and yearly calendars.
I have been the recipient of several awards in the photography division of the SAS summer shows, as well as the photography division that was part of the Packwood House spring show.
Biography:
I was born and raised in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, moving to Northumberland in 1977 when I married Steve Campbell. We were high school sweethearts at Shikellamy, meeting during the spring musical Carousel in 1973.
A Brownie camera when I was six, and a Kodak Instamatic at seven (I could change the film in that one myself because it had a film cartridge), got me hooked on photography. My oldest sister gave me some instruction, having been instructed herself as part of the photographers at the Girl Scout Round-Ups in the early 1960’s. She told me to “try and frame your subject, a tree branch or flowers, through a window of a building or fencing”.
Before the advent of desktop publishing, I would use my photos of flowers and landscapes and glue them onto paper to make greeting cards. Once computers facilitated the making, along with using online companies like Shutterfly, I was in heaven creating cards for all occasions and yearly calendars.
I have been the recipient of several awards in the photography division of the SAS summer shows, as well as the photography division that was part of the Packwood House spring show.
Artist’s Statement:
I like photography. It is actual, it is real. Other mediums (apologies to fellow artists, including my husband who works in pen & ink) are as artist perceives, creating works that can be as close to a photo as the naked eye sees – and how good or poor their eyesight is! -- or the very abstract rendering only a faint impression of an actual item or person.
Many of my photos are stumbled upon. Little alleyways in the Caribbean island or in Europe, majestic monoliths in varying hues of the west, spectacular skies from winter’s grays to the brilliance of sunrises and sunsets of summer.
I carry a camera (now I can use my phone) on dog walks, where blooming trees and daffodils and tulips create color against a background of deep blue skies and lush green grass.
Rarely do I adjust my photos, the only editing I do is to crop and zoom in on an area. One of my favorite times to photograph flowers is around 10 pm – using a flash to capture lilies in their glory.
I like photography. It is actual, it is real. Other mediums (apologies to fellow artists, including my husband who works in pen & ink) are as artist perceives, creating works that can be as close to a photo as the naked eye sees – and how good or poor their eyesight is! -- or the very abstract rendering only a faint impression of an actual item or person.
Many of my photos are stumbled upon. Little alleyways in the Caribbean island or in Europe, majestic monoliths in varying hues of the west, spectacular skies from winter’s grays to the brilliance of sunrises and sunsets of summer.
I carry a camera (now I can use my phone) on dog walks, where blooming trees and daffodils and tulips create color against a background of deep blue skies and lush green grass.
Rarely do I adjust my photos, the only editing I do is to crop and zoom in on an area. One of my favorite times to photograph flowers is around 10 pm – using a flash to capture lilies in their glory.