Artist Statement

3 sentences describing your weaknesses as an imagemaker

• There is not any motion feeling in the photo.
• A lack of photoshop skills.
• There is not enough variety objects/backgrounds used

3 sentences describing your strengths (only one sentence about technical strengths).

• Tried to shoot a lot of photos, so the best one could be picked from a variety of photos.
• Explore different effects of the photo using different ISO value apart from the knowledge and automatic
• Try different cropping to make the best picture

There are a lot of varieties of style that I could choose from, therefore, I don’t think it’s necessary for me to use certain subjects only, so far, I do not have specific interest into certain subjects. Also, I seldom use irony or humor in my images. I tried to use them before, but I don’t think I can applied it on the photo correctly, so my final work usually does not include irony and humor. I see background as a very more important element in the photo, even more important than the foreground, this is the reason why I put more effort in setting up the background with different props to build up the mood when I take the photo. Furthermore, I like to take photos by using models because that is more static and less abstract. I can easily change the position or the outfit of the model to better fit my need, and on the contrary, I cannot change some of the natural scenary. In addition, I think Magic realism is the most rewarding assignment. I planned to take a picture of the opposite of this world, it is easier for me to see the result as there is a great contrast. It is easier for me to gain satisfaction through this kind of assignment. For the composition of my pictures, I tried to set up every details as precise as possible. I used models to help building the structure of the pictures. Models are usually the center. Moreover, I usually use a soft color tone, and do not use black and white or sepia tone. I think black and white or sepia do not have enough colors to catch people's attention. Also, I usually keep the same scale as the real setting of the photo. Last but not least, I always use glossy photo paper but not the matt paper as texture.

Yvonne Lee