Final: Artist Statement

Not only have I learned a lot taking photography class, but I have had a lot of fun. I have always been an artist in regards to painting and drawing. This class exposed me to another form of art that people take for granted. My voice has became more known to me throughout the year as well.  I have gotten the pleasure to learn how to use my camera. Near the beginning of the year, we learned a lot about ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. Pictures above is an image from my aperture shoot. My voice of nature and simplicity shines through in this image. It also displays the element of close and far. 

I was able to learn a lot about how to take a good picture. By using elements such as color, texture, and line, I was able to take awesome pictures such as this one. In another early photoshoot, we focused on these elements. We also talked about the rule of thirds and don't center. This creates a more captivating image which allows for the viewer's eyes to travel. On the other hand, we talked about things to note such as avoiding distractions. 

Pictured is an image from the first photoshoot of the year as a class. It is not a great picture. It has no voice and the majority of the picture is gray. On the other hand, it has a lot of texture, which personally I love. This picture also contains leading lines, but it's not great. The good news is that I improved a lot as an artist throughout the year, as well as found my own voice.

This is one of my favorite pictures. It has lots of texture, it is natural, and at the same time it is still simple. I would say that it is a strength of mine to capture texture and simplicity, mostly because it is my kind of beautiful. My weakness would be capturing people. Although I got some good portraits images, I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm good at it. I would say that I have had weaknesses and strengths in every photoshoot I've done throughout the year. pictured on my blog are the cream of the crop. Not all of my pictures are as great, but I suppose it is part of learning the ropes. I really did enjoy taking this photography class. It gave me a great opportunity to learn more about myself.

Portraits

I've never enjoyed taking pictures of people, but this photoshoot was a lot of fun. It was a good excuse to take pictures of people who don't necessarily like having their pictures taken. This is a picture of my beautiful mom on Mother's Day. I disobeyed a lot of the rules for this photoshoot. Instead, I centered my focus point to make sure it was the focus. For my subject matter, I chose people who are closest to me. This includes my boyfriend, grandparents, parents, and my dogs of course! My voice was put into this photoshoot by having the majority of the images taken in and around trees, flowers, and just nature in general. This assignment helped me view my world differently by making me notice all of the little creases and wrinkles that are on people's faces that make them beautiful and unique. My weakness was the concept of the photoshoot. Like recently stated, I am not a big fan of photographing people. On the other hand, I think a few of my images turned out really great. If I could change this assignment, I would make it stretch over a longer period of time. This is one of those shoots that can be weather dependent, of even just straight time consuming. Lastly, thank you mom for coming to watch me play soccer on Mother's Day! I love you!

Panorama

For this panorama photoshoot, I focused on a new topic. I decided to take images of baseball and everything related to it. The assignment was to reflect on some memory, so I dug my roots. My entire extended family are die hard baseball fans. I was also given the opportunity to revisit the Louisville slugger museum during the shoot's time frame. Being a panorama, I don't think there was much that I as an artist had to do in order to make the images look awesome. I did edit the linked picture to make it more dramatic. The new image now reminds me of a flashback to all of my brothers ball games. I really enjoyed heading out to these baseball fields for the first time in a long time. I used to spend hours here, and it was a good time to reflect on these experiences. It was easy for me to find subject matter for this assignment. It was also easy for me to get some awesome pictures because of where I was able to travel. I wouldn't change anything about this assignment because I really enjoyed it. I hope that everyone had the same great experience that I did.