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ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
My name is Janet Paxton and my company name is Janet Paxton Photos.
I really enjoy taking photos in
order to make beautiful pictorial memories. I originally started doing this, as
most people do, with a small 35mm film camera just taking snapshots of holidays,
events and family.
While living in Switzerland I progressed to a small digital camera, a Nikon
Coolpix 880. With this camera I was able to capture some of the amazing scenery
of the mountains and lakes and became really hooked on photography. Meanwhile, I
also began to take more sport pictures of my children and became frustrated with
the time lag when turning the camera on and then the slow shutter release when
actually taking the photo. I then upgraded to a professional Nikon digital
SLR, the D1H. This is especially well known as a professional sport
photographers favorite camera due to its amazing speed capabilities. Having had
great success with this, I also started using the Nikon D1X for Fine Art
pictures that can be enlarged to 20" by 30" and beyond. I started selling some
of the pictures I had taken and my new career began.
Following our two years in Switzerland we were fortunate enough to be
transferred to Singapore where I spent an amazing year traveling around South
East Asia. This is where I became addicted to travel and in particular, travel
photography, especially portraits of local people. I had many pictures published
in magazines in Singapore and started taking freelance assignments. I was a member of the Photographic Society of
Singapore and was invited to apply for Licentiateship to the Society. After
submitting ten of my favorite photos, I was granted this privilege and
officially became a Professional Photographer. I was also invited to become a
member of the Nikon Professional Services group. I was offered an amazing
contract with the school my children attended there, as the official publicity
photographer and my assignment was to take photos of many school events and also
to travel with the school groups on their various expeditions throughout the
South East Asia region and beyond but ...... unfortunately, we were reassigned
back to the USA before I was able to start this incredible job.
So now I am back in New Jersey until our next global assignment comes along!
I was able to set up my business here and am now taking assignments on a
freelance basis. I have done a lot of work for the local newspapers in the
last six months and enjoy the challenge of the variety of new experiences.
I take a lot of sport photos of local team action and will soon be putting
these up on the web site for sale. They will be password protected to save
parents the worry of their children's pictures being on the open Internet. I use
Shutterfly for much of my printing, although I do print up to 19" by 13" matte
pictures at home on my professional Epson 2100 printer.
I am also selling my travel photos as Fine Art pictures to grace your walls
in offices, homes, restaurants, reception areas etc.
I enjoy attending two camera clubs and I am constantly learning from all the
people I meet there. I have had a lot of success in the various competitions at
the club in Newtown, PA, and also at some international competitions.
This venture could not happen without the support, technical
help and constant encouragement of my husband,
Tony, who buys me cameras and
computer equipment instead of diamonds!
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