Artist's Statement

             I've been playing around with photography for about two years, but I've always had an interest. Two summers ago, we visited my family in New Jersey, and my Aunt gave me her camera. That sparked this awareness of another form of art that I’d not yet focused on.

            One of the things I dislike about photography at school, and learning it elsewhere, are when we’re told to plan out our ideas. For me, and I assume others as well, photography is a random encounter with a great idea. I find myself walking somewhere and just see something completely different to everything else and think “Wow, I wish I had my camera. That would be a great photo.” Most of my photographs are entirely unplanned and out of the blue. As much as I’d like to say I try to plan them out, I really don’t. I find something that I think looks visually pleasing, and line up the photo to the best of my abilities at that point in time. More often them not, I’m in the right place at the right time with the right equipment.

            One of my favorite things about photography is that you can capture details passed by people every day, without them knowing. That’s why macro settings and a shallow depth of field are my best friends. I love how you can make details clear, while alluding to what the object you've found is. The colors that turn out in these photos always appeal to me, too. The camera blends the background colors with the lighting, and I think it always turns out great, wherever you are. This is also the reason I prefer to photograph natural settings, because there are no colors out of place that shouldn't be there.

            I don’t really have any goals as a photographer right now. I plan to do something with art as a career, I just need to do more research before I narrow down my choices. Photography is something I’m interested in, though, and I’d like to research more career options that may be the best for me.