16 WBM may 2015 In the Home DORIAN HILL ORIAN HILL began taking pictures as a kid. “I always loved photography but I didn’t like to carry around equip-ment,” she says. Hill spent part of her modeling career working with photographers from around the world. In 2008, she began sharing iPhone photos on Facebook and shortly after landed her first show at the New Hanover County Arboretum. A series of photos, “Life After Death,” which show petals of a dried sunflower Hill placed upon a glass table and shot on an iPhone, was a winner during the International Photography Awards. The petals appear to be caught in the wind or in motion when actually they are still. “Life After Death” resonates with emotion for Hill. Always inspired in the moment and using subjects plucked from nature, Hill’s photos offer a minimalist, clean and simple composition usually showing one object. “If I plan to take a picture it doesn’t happen. … It has to be natural,” she says. Her work as a photographer began with capturing vibrant, color-ful images and evolved to shooting monochromatic, black-and-white images. She used a Nikon optic with its twist body arms in the up position to take photos, and capture images from under things. Her iPhone 3GS work is printed as a 40 by 40 image on aluminum. Aluminum provides a product 100 times the archival quality of standard paper. “I tried paper and canvas but the From left, Ryanne E. Drogos, Esq., Deana Denton, N.C. Certified Paralegal, Geannine M. Boyette, Esq., Lori A. Ingram, N.C. Certified Paralegal, Grace Walsh, Paralegal The Boyette Law Firm 105 N. 6th Street, Wilmington • 910-251-9213 • www.BoyetteLaw.com Geannine M. Boyette and her associate, Ryanne E. Drogos, practice in the areas of Domestic and Criminal Law, dealing with issues such as Child Custody and Support, Spousal Support, Equitable Distribution, Divorce, DWI, criminal and traffic violations. Geannine also devotes a fair share of her practice to defending individuals against the Department of Social Services. D
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