lighting up the night

I did a long exposure using bulb on manual to allow my refrigerator to light up the whole room. 

my fridge and sitting area.

this is an HDR that i did of downtown Kilgore. This is an example to show i understand HDR.

Evan Abramson

So i recently had this light bulb moment where i realized i want to be a documentary photographer one day. that title had never crossed my mind, but now the more i think about it the more it explains my exact goals with photography. i then began looking up "documentary photographers" on google. by chance i came across a photographer that could possibly become one of my all time favorites! His name is Evan Abramson and he is also a documentary photographer, working for names like national geographic and the new york times. His work is inspiring and is exactly what i want to do in the future. He just goes out on assignment and exposes the culture of other nations through photos. He has photographed different tribes in africa and even shot a film over the wet lands in southern Louisiana slowly dissapearing. The below image is him

photographing the hatians and the after affects of the tsunami. All of his images are beautiful and so full of life. I hope one day produce images of such great quality. I am now going to be searching google for photographers more often.

Final Exam

I've chosen to photograph the Commerce Food Pantry for my final. I want to tell others about the opportunity to serve others in the Commerce community. I went last week for the first time and plan on going again. 

this is my favorite photo out of the more than 50 I took. this is the storage closet that is full of cambell's chunky soup that was donated at the beginning of the year. 

this is the entrance of the organization. the thursdays that i help work there is always a line out of the door of people waiting to receive their bag of free food. I plan on re-taking the same photo because the lighting in the photo is just too plain and boring.

Artist Statement and Resume

About Me

I hope to one day share with those back home who are clueless about the needs around the world. My goal is to use my photography as a ministry for others to get involved and give back to those less fortunate. I want to make in impact on peoples lives, and to be able to share the love of Christ through the simplicity of a powerful photograph. 

Resume

Texas A&M University - Commerce 

                 Spring 2011 - Present

                      Bachelors of Fine Arts

                      involved with:

                            Art Club

                            Baptist Student Ministry, Local Missions Leader

                            Commerce Food Pantry, Volunteering every Thursday evening 

        Kilgore College

                 Fall 2008 - Fall 2010

                    Worked towards an Associates in Commercial Photography

                    involved with:

                         The Flare Newspaper, Staff Photographer

                         The Ranger Yearbook, Editor

                          Baptist Student Ministry, Leadership Team Member

                  

                        While a student at KC my work was shown in the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Gallery             

                                    and the Mathew Dean Johnson Gallery.

        Tatum High School 

                  2004 - 2008

                        Graduated 12th out of 99 with a 96 GPA 

                            involved with:

                                Fine Arts Forum, President

                                Key Club

                                Future Farmers of America

                                Eagle Yearbook, Assistant Editor, Head Photographer

Employment

 Kilgore College Police Department 

                 Spring 2009 - Fall 2010

                    Student Worker    

                    Job Details: dispatch, office secretary, printed student ID’s, issued parking stickers

127 Hours

This past week i had time to sit down and watch movie for the first time in weeks. A friend chose the movie 127 hours. I've seen a lot of movies in my life time and few have left me wanting more. This movie is brilliant and inspiring. It's a movie i would probably never own because once you've seen it, you've seen it all but i've spent the past day watching video's on youtube to learn more about the guy. The movie is a documentary on the life of Aron Ralston, a guy who chose to go hiking in the canyons of southern Utah and not tell anyone where he was going. After being out there on his own for 4 hours he starting climbing down into one of the crevasses. He put all of his weight on one of the boulders not realizing that it was unstable, causing his arm to be lodged between the canyon and boulder. After 6 days and drinking his own urine he realized he had to do whatever it took to survive, which meant cutting off his arm. With a 2 inch dull bladed pocket knife his pieced his skin and cut each tendon and even the nerve. Watching him in different interviews gave me a  respect for the guy like no other. Seeing him describe the feeling of being free after 6 days gave me chills and i suggest that everyone go and watch it.

website ideas

i'm starting a website mainly because it's a class assignment but i'm also really excited about this. To make a website of my own for the first time, so i'm taking this project serious in hopes that i like the outcome. Here are a few examples

Student Show

After viewing all of the student show there was a lot that caught my eye and that i thought was brilliant. At the same time though, i also didn't understand why some of the art made it in the show especially some of the photographs. I loved the different dresses that made the show, the originality of the tree and skates outfit. My favorite was the photo i've posted of the older man. My personal intrest is black and white photography, so this picture from the beginning drew my attention. I feel as if it's from an old Life magazine. This photo calms me and i could just stare at it for a while. The photographer did a great job at capturing emotion.