Erika Svenkeson

I’ve been extremely interested in art pretty much my whole life. My mom and older brother are both great artist ad I just always wanted to follow in their footsteps and become an artist too. Digital photography has always been very appealing to me, but I didn’t actually start photographing art until my freshman year in melons digital one class. My pieces this semester have definitely had its ups and downs. I think I get more motivated for projects that appeal more to me, and that comes out in my work way more than it should. I’m really excited for the pinhole project! I’ve never shot photos from a regular film camera, so it should definitely be an experience. Out of my four best pieces that one that I’m really attached to is the colored graveyard photo. I love it so much because I just had the best time shooting it! I got costumes and funky hats and my best friend and I modeled in it. This piece turned out even better than I imagined it and that is just a great feeling. The piece that caused me the most difficulty was the alien picture for sure. The whole alien project was difficult though, not just that picture. The pictures I took for it ended up being dark and grainy and like an idiot I waited till the last second to take new photos and those didn’t turn out good either! So I ended up using pictures I took over the summer and all only one of them turned out to be good.