Member Profile: Eliza S McNally

closeI’ve been shooting photographs for over 50 years. With maturity and my role as a mother I have been able to feel and understand the power of a moment. Street photography has helped me become a more compassionate observer. It has enabled me to set judgment aside in my moments of curiosity. Artistically, I have fallen in love with the way that light, wind, rain and other environmental elements affect my observations. They add mood, emotion and wonder to scenes that might normally be easy to overlook. But I've also developed a gratifying ability to find monumental qualities in everyday, mundane moments. The same is true with landscape photography. I am moved by the quality of light and shadow as they create mood, excitement or calm in a given scene. When I carry my camera with me I find that images actually call out to me and draw me in. I can walk past something that caught my eye for a split second, but then quickly go back to capture it. It feels like a magnetic force that makes me click the shutter. It is powerful and satisfying.