Beth’s unique view of the world around her shapes the photographs she creates each week. From the raw details of nature, to the abstract colors of life, there is a wonderful meditative story behind every frame. -Yosef

Name: Beth Shepherd Peters

Current All-Time Streak: 416!

Joined 52Frames: September 12, 2014

Your “walk-around” gear right now:

Sony RX100 VII, Nikon D810 and LG V50ThinQ

The place you call home:

Stamford, CT

Your life in 30 words or less

First camera age 6 first darkroom experience age 7; life changing. After college taught photography. Got my MA in Portrait photography in 1979 at age 30. I photograph daily no matter what.

Can you share 2 images, one from your past, and one more recent, that shows your evolution as a photographer?

What has been your favorite style of shooting lately?

I just moved from the town I lived in for 58 years with brief times away at college etc. I am only 6 miles from the house I lived in for 30 years. The biggest difference is that I now have sidewalks. I walk and photograph every day, exploring a city that I know well from a car and am seeing very differently as I walk. I finally got a new little point and shoot with a viewfinder so I am not using my phone or my big DSLR as much. Learning the new camera is really good for me. I have been Tweeting to the NBC weather people in NYC daily for about 12 years. No matter how hard my life was it gave me a self imposed project. When my husband was in the hospital I just photographed the weather out of the window. So perhaps I have moved into more of a photojournalism phase but to me it’s all photography; whether in my studio or on the street.

What was the first photo you ever submitted to 52Frames?

How did you find out about 52Frames?

I met Yosef in Stamford when he was visiting with a cousin in Connecticut

What submission are you most proud of and why?

This is are really hard question. As I looked through the years there were a lot of choices for different reasons. Then I saw this and realized that I took this of my husband the week I turned 70 for the assignment “Stranger”. He had Alzheimer’s at the end of his life and I was his caregiver. I knew this would be the last serious portrait I would take of him or better yet give to him. He passed away one week later. I am grateful for every photograph I ever did of him. He painted from my photographs and I think of him every walk I take – what would he paint today.

One tip you’d like to share?

Keep looking no matter what because there is always a photograph near by and there is light to be gathered.

Why is 52Frames meaningful to you?

I wonder about this every week! I can’t say that I am here to learn the basics. I find it really good to push through with an assignment even when I am not inspired. Magic can happen and this gives me a better chance at capturing that. Looking back through the years I notice a consistency in my vision of the world and some change in my approach. I am grateful I have 52 Frames in my life and the discipline to keep my streak going.

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