Weekly Blog Post 7

Art in general has always been a great interest of mine. It was one of the few extracurricular activities I was good at in high school. Photography was never something I had much experience with, though. I like to mess around with my mom’s camera, but I don’t really know a whole lot about the various settings. I would really like to take more photography classes and eventually learn how to develop my own pictures and whatnot, but until then I just like to mess around.

I don’t really have much knowledge of photography, other than various photographers whose photos I enjoy. I’ve always been a big fan of Ansel Adams. His photography has always looked very interesting to me. Dorthea Lange has also been a photographer whose works I’ve enjoyed. Her photography is very interesting to me and always has a very good message behind it. It’s very inspirational in a way. It is depressing in others, but either way it always seems to have a message behind it.

My interest in photography is great. I am always intrigued by photography and could look at it all day long if I was given the chance. I love looking at the way the photographer catches the moment in the photo and looking in various angles to see how the photo could change. Some photographers have an uncanny ability to capture photos at just the right time and they create the coolest photos. I have friend who’s aunt loves to take photographs and has her own blackroom in her house. Some of the photos she captures at the various sporting events are some of the coolest photos I have ever seen. The way she captures the movement of a softball as it leaves the pitchers hand is just unreal to me. To think that someone can capture that moment and keep it forever is a talent I have always wanted to have. I hope to someday enroll in classes and, in time, be able to do these things as well.