A Little About Carolyn
From an early age I have been influenced by the impressions made upon me by the beauty of nature; hence, the name Impressions. Even in my youth there were sights that I wanted to capture with my little Brownie Hawkeye when the family made visits to Texas and Missouri.
After graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1965, my husband and I went to Seattle, Washington for him to attend graduate school. Our planned route was to see as many places as we could along the way. On the way there we managed to see the South Dakota Badlands, Mount Rushmore, the Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. On the return trip we saw Crater Lake, the Oregon coastline, Lake Tahoe, Grand Canyon and Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
I say “see†because it was more like a “drive by†and I took as many slides as possible. Capturing images of those major treasures gave a lot of pleasure as we looked at them over the years.
After retiring from public school teaching, I returned to my love of photography. Now, I enjoy landscape and wildlife photography as we travel to varied destinations as well as around the state of Texas where we reside. I also enjoy photographing my four grandsons which kind of falls into the “wildlife†category.
Camera Equipment
- Canon 40D
- Canon EF Zoom lens 100-400mm IS 4.5
- Canon EF Zoom lens 28-135mm IS 3.5
- Canon Zoom lens EF 22-55 mm 4
- Canon Macro lens EF 100mm 2.8
- Kenko Extension Tubes 12-20-36
- Canon Power Shot A650 IS
- Canon 1.4 Teleconverter
- Canon 430EX Speedlite Flash
- Manfrotto Ball Head
- Sekonic Flashmate L-308S light meter
- Circular Polarizer Filters
- Cokin Filter System
- Tiffen Graduated Neutral Density Filter
- Manfrotto monopod