Victoria R Scheidling
Photographer
At a very young age I was always interested in photography, my mom bought me my first camera, a fisher price 35mm camera, as a Kindergarten graduation gift. As my mother’s scrapbook will show, that camera never left my hands. While on a vacation with my family, during times when in between activities, I took my Mother’s point and shoot camera and started taking photos. While I was looking through the photos my family and I noticed a recurring theme behind the pictures. I began to see a different perspective in them. I started to try different ways of taking photographs, either by changing the angle of the camera, or getting closer to whatever it was I was photographing. I even started climbing trees in the park to get a different view. Once I got my first iPhone and had the ability to edit the photos I took is when I realized that photography would be my life’s work. I would have trouble making and receiving calls because my photos would take up all the memory. Everyone who would be with me on any type of outing would be several steps ahead of me before realizing I had stopped again to take more photos.
I studied photography at Tompkins Cortland Community College, and am currently taking classes at the New York Insitute of Photography. College has given me many opportunities to explore aspects of photography I thought I’d never be able to. I was able to not only expand my knowledge on the digital aspect of photography and photoshop, but I was also able to explore the world of film photography, including extensive use of 35mm film and medium format cameras. I am presently working on building my own darkroom so that I can further expand my experience with film negatives. I would also like to be able to develop my own prints and negatives instead of having to rely on an outside photo lab.
When photographing nature, I try to think about things like my point of view of the subject, what is in the background, is there something nearby that might help emphasize the subject or distract the view? When taking a portrait, I try to put myself in the mindset of the person I’m photographing. It’s important that the true personality of my subject shows in every image. Photography is a way to allow the viewer to see the beauty in the things that most people overlook. My work is my view of the world. I try to let my work speak for the subject I’m photographing, so the theme and tone change which each location. My love for photography doesn’t stop with my prints, I also have a rather large collection of antique cameras which I hope to expand on and learn more about the history of. When people ask me what my favorite photograph of my own is, I always respond, “The one I am going to take tomorrow,” because I hope to keep improving and honing my skills.
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