Goals

I would like to learn more about the effects and tools involved with digital photography. More specifically, I'd like to become better at using the manual settings, like shutter speed and f-stop on a digital camera. I would also like to become more skilled at film photography. I noticed that most of my photographs that were taken on a film camera and developed in the dark room came out kind of blurry. I like film photographs to have a bit of an antiquated look, but blurriness that I did not intend to create is difficult to overcome in the dark room.

Two subject matters that I am interested in are movement and people. From my experience, I think that portraits can convey an enormous depth of emotion. I would really like to be able to create portraits that show the uniquenesses of each person I capture. Also, I have had difficulty in the past with photographing movement. So, I aim to develop my skills in the manipulation of camera settings in order to display movement in a way that preserves its purity as well as its energy.