Tuesday, May 13, 2008

-artist statement.

In my portfolio you will find art created uniquely by me. Throughout this year I have learned a variety of techniques that I was unknowledgeable of until I came to Ms. Cook’s digital photography class. My artwork ranges from straight forward photographs to more abstract and angled photos. I feel very strongly about my portfolio and I think that it was a great success. Over the months of being in digital photography class I have created a lot of creative photos.

At the beginning of the school year I did not know half of what I know now. I never knew the amazing things that Photoshop itself could do to a picture. I have learned new things ranging from F-Stop to shutter speed. These are very important tools to taking a good photograph. This class has expanded my knowledge on taking photographs and also editing them.

Within editing photos on the Adobe Photoshop program, I feel that I was best at creating filtered images with very different effects. I was most successful with taking very meaningful photos. The tasks that I struggled with were creating a different looking background due to always taking the photos on campus. I could improve in the future by planning further ahead and bringing props to detail the setting of the photos. Some of my influences have been other great pictures that I had seen.

These gave me an idea on how I could make my pictures look as well as theirs. Other influences have been my feelings at the time of taking photos. I have seen growth and improvement in my poses because before learning about all of the tools that could be used on the camera I used to take pictures that I like to say are specifically for “MySpace”. I feel like this class has been very fun and at the same time it has taught me a lot of things that will be useful artistically.

1 comment:

Miss Cook said...

Tatiana,
I really enjoy your portfolio. I think you have done an excellent job. It is fun to scroll through and see all the different things you have accomplished. It makes me know that even though you never seemed to be listening, or you would tell me to stop talking--you actually heard me, which gives me hope for others. Overall very well done. I hope this is only the beginning of your photography.