In my sixth year here at UW Milwaukee I will be on my last leg as an undergraduate finally! Six years ago I came to this University from Green Bay to become a concert violinist. And just as soon as I got here that plan wet straight to hell. However, for many years before all that I was very much involved in art. I loved painting and drawing. Pretty much I loved using the other half of my brain on a regular basis. So finally one summer, after I finished my foundations courses I took and Intro to Photography class and pretty much fell in love. Which now, as you could have guessed, is my major.
My interest in photography came from the sweet and quick "instant gratification" images cameras allowed you to produce. Instead of drawing made up facial expressions, scenes or places, photography captured moments and events in a blink of an eye. That was how I became interested in photography eight years ago. But it was that summer class, however, that opened my mind to all the possibilites a camera and image could transform into.
Beautiful image Meg! It seems almost "otherworldly" because of the way that the sky seems to be glowing... (is it infrared?) I hope you enjoy the class and that you can bring some of your previous knowledge of photography to our critiques and discussions!
ReplyDeleteHey Meg. I really like this picture...the lighting, the angle, and all the textures of the tree. It would be a great tree in the Forbidden Forest for a Harry Potter movie set. Where did you take it?
ReplyDeleteNo infrared. Although that would have been cool to test out with this tree. Actually took the image on the top of semi-mountain in New Mexico way out in the wild by the Devils Highway in New Mexico. And could totally see this in a Harry Potter movie!
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