Betty Parker
"Betty understands light," says Louisa Hickman, an admirer of Betty Parker's photography.
Betty is an amateur photographer who has been in the Thomson area for more than 30 years. "I inherited a 35 mm Honeywell Pentax camera that didn't even have a light meter, but once I looked through the lens I started seeing light," says Betty of her first experience with a more sophisticated camera. Seeing light may not mean anything to the unknowing; but for photographers, it means the difference between a drab picture and a photograph that "pops". Betty's photographs pop!
Betty traveled to a one-day class at Stone Mountain to photograph Fall foliage. Flowers happen to be Betty's favorite subject but she certainly has an eye for taking the right photo at the right moment of any subject. She has since graduated from that old Pentax and worn out several digital cameras, and finds that today's technology has definitely improved the photographer's craft. With all the digital and computer enhancement methods available to the amateur photographer, Betty doesn't include much of it in her work. She relies on the correct light and the right angle to catch the right photo. Some of her shots can be easily mistaken for paintings. Mostly self-taught with a few classes, she has been able to utilize that which separates her photos from the average pictures---a keen eye.
Betty serves as the Council's Secretary/Treasurer and is an enthusiastic and invaluable asset to the group.