date viewed: March 23, 2008
I found out about this artist as I was searching through photography books at Barnes and Noble. Her book titled Intimacy grabbed my attention. I thought the title alone was an attention grabber, and the book happened to be about flowers. Perfect, since I have been photographing a lot of smaller flowers for our school project lately. What I like about her style is that she gives the flowers personalities. Sort of like Georgia O' Keefe, the flowers take their own lives as they are put on the spot light through photography. I like how ever details is visible, such as I can flower the curve of a rose petal as the picture above and appreciate its beauty. With my photographs this is becoming to be what I'm trying to strive for, for finer details. I wish I can experiment more with different camera lenses to get the look that I want, but as of right now I don't have the means to do that. I feel like the more I'm getting into photography the more items on my list I want to purchase someday. However, I don't take things for granted. I feel like with my camera I have learned more about what kind of shots I like. The DMC Panasonic that I have had helped me develop keener eyes as far as looking for contrast within my pictures, learned more about apeture setting, white balance, and ISO. I've also been checking out a canon 30D at school that comes with a macro lens, and have been able to play around with that a little bit. I wish for my canon camera someday.
The other thing about Tenneson is that she shoots her pictures in a studio. The background is black, and I think that enables her images to stand out even more. I have been checking out light sets at the stores...even those can get expensive. Though I imagine you don't need a lot of lights to light up the flowers at a studio setting. I want to try doing this technique. Outdoors vs. indoors.
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