{"id":317,"date":"2020-08-07T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/creative-arts-showcase\/?p=317"},"modified":"2020-09-02T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T17:51:32","slug":"laura-wallace-wildlife-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/creative-arts-showcase\/2020\/08\/07\/laura-wallace-wildlife-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Wallace, Wildlife Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Laura Wallace is the human being behind <\/span>admission@smith.edu<\/span>, the general inquiry account for the Office of Admission at Smith. She spends her workdays responding to myriad questions, requests, and worries from prospect students, applicants, parents, and counselors. Outside of work, she enjoys kayaking, crocheting and knitting, researching her family tree, spending time with her parents and her two adult(ish) daughters, and exploring and photographing nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For as long as she can remember, Laura has been wandering through the woods in an attempt to learn about and observe the wildlife that lives there.\u00a0 Her love of nature has always revolved around opportunities to \u201csee\u201d nature up close and personal. So, wildlife photography, which she defines as having the single overarching challenge of \u201cgetting close to critters,\u201d was an almost instinctive hobby to begin. She has taken photography classes, classes in using Adobe photo processing software, and participated actively in Audubon and other wildlife centered organizations.\u00a0 But mostly, she has continued to explore the woods and rivers, patiently waiting and watching.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For Laura, it is the elusive nature of her subjects that makes wildlife photography unique and exciting. Animals don\u2019t pose or keep regular hours, and they aren\u2019t always active or out in the open during the hours people are. It has often made her wonder how many people never have the opportunity to observe these creatures in their natural habitats and day-to-day lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Laura\u2019s hope in taking and sharing her photographs is that when other people look at them, they see an animal in a way they never have before, whether that is because of the type of animal, her (real or apparent) proximity to the animal, its coloring, its behavior, or even its facial expression.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For this showcase, Laura has shared a few of her favorites, but if you would like to see more, including some from a recent Moose \u201chunt\u201d in Maine, check out her Facebook page @LauraAWallacephotography<\/a>.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n

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