Interview

An interview with Dallas C, a senior in the ATEC program, about photography

What do you know about photography?

That it is an art medium that has been debated over to be both a true and a false form of art. I know that it is a medium that is done by casual vacationers and professional magazine studios. I know it involves a camera and knowledge of that camera.

What experience do you have with photography?Took a class called Black and White Photography at University of Texas at Dallas. Had to take digital pictures for a 2D design class for future class projects. Took pictures with a point-and-shoot camera on several vacation trips.

Which camera do you use?

Canon 35 millimeter film camera.

What aspects about photography interests you?

The creativity involved in taking the right pictures that can tell a story or mean something symbolically. It is also interesting to use various techniques to develop the prints into different forms of art. How a single moment in time can be captured and remembered for all of a lifetime.

What do you look for in a blog about photography?

If the photographer discusses his/her personal views and ideologies about pictures that they have taken.

What do you want to learn?

How to use lighting to draw a viewer's attention to main parts of a composition. How to use subtle hints in a composition to give meaning to the overall picture. I would also like to learn how to manipulate a photograph after it is taken with such techniques as the burn or dodge tool.