This week's DLS exercise is something I can do without natural light! I have yet to do my self portraits... I am to think of 10 things that "I am.." This is hard and I have been contemplating about this all day. Here goes...
I am a mommy who would love to be a SAHMommy!
I am a wife
I am a sister and daughter
I am creative
I am a Teacher
I am an amateur Photographer with dreams of becoming a professional photographer (with education, perserverance, practice, and patience ~ it WILL happen).
I am determined
I am afraid of failure
I am kind, approachable, quiet, a perfectionist, and soft spoken
I am *stuck on the last one* -
I will edit to add #10 when I can come up with it....
- Kerrie -
Who am I as a photographer??
I have been reading many blogs as of late of those in my DLS group and others. Which is making me look inside and ask myself Why? Who am I? As well as do I need to step back..
Why? Photography has become an artistic outlet for me. When I was younger I was into painting, and drawing, etc... I was the district art award winner for my community. Since then I have had no artisitic outlet where I can just be me, do my thing, and be proud of what I can do. I have done quite a bit with my life the short 29 years it has been, with many many more ahead of me! However, I have followed the normal path - graduate, go to university, graduate, enter the workforce, get married, have kids - all of things I am extremely proud of. However, I needed something that let the artist in me shine once again, and with photography I think I have found it. I am by no means a professional photographer (hopes, yes.. but I don't feel I am deserving of that title yet... in the future I hope...) Photography has let me capture my families moments (my children's moments) that I don't ever want to forget, and lets me capture them in a way that when looking at that picture years down the road I will remember and flashback to that moment and those exact feelings I had at that time.
Who am I as a photographer? Can anyone really answer that? Isn't it always evolving and changing? This is a tough question. However, onto Kerrie Jay the photographer... This is tough.. I hope to capture all facets of LIFE - children, family, couples, marriage, maternity, etc... As a photographer I am someone that looks to capture the 'sweet' moments of life that want to be remembered and frozen in time forever. I don't want stuffy, cheesy pictures. I want to capture my subjects candidly as possible, as I believe those are the best shots. The ones that truly need to be cherished.
What sets me apart? I can't answer that yet, I believe I have a style of my own, however, it cannot be defined through words, but only through pictures.
I do look at many photographers blogs to see what they are doing, what things I could maybe incorporate into my style and into my art. What they use for backgrounds, arrangements, props, etc... I don't believe that makes me less of a photographer, I believe that makes me a photographer and helps me grow, build my repitoire and my 'bag of tricks'. I believe my style will constantly change and evolve, and my art will change and evolve as I change and evolve as a person.
Okay that is all... However, I am still unsure of my #10 I am.. Thanks for reading... :D For those that follow, your support is greatly appreciated!
"R" Family
13 years ago
WOW. You went all out contemplating this! lol. I'll debrief after part 3 next week... but you're on the right track, Kerrie. The tricky part of being a photographer is knowing who YOU are, and letting that shine through in your pictures. That's where your style will start to shine. Even as your bag of tricks expands, even as your approach changes, even as you evolve, you should always have a discernable style - something that eloquently and quietly pokes through in every image you ever take that says, I wuz here.
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