I post most the images i share on Flickr I signed up for Dig 1 and i grew to love the site.

I view a lot of photos online from places like Flickr, deviantart, and from facebook. I also look at photos in magazines like AP Magazine

My photographs from photo 1 and photo 2 can be found framed and displayed at my mom, my grandma and my friends’ houses. I used my two younger sisters as models because they both have very striking features. My best friend Shannon and my ex boyfriend also modeled for me and both use the photographs in their house, and Corey used my photo as his band’s album cover. Also, I have about 10 photographs displayed on my facebook and myspace. My goal this year is to launch an online magazine I created last January. I am going to promote people and organizations who help others. I’d like to show my photography and writing in my online magazine, as well as promote other artists.

I do not search the internet for photography as much as I look at magazines. Nylon, National Geographic, Vogue, Time, W, etc… I always cut out photos I like and use them for decoupaging the covers of notebooks and styrofoam mannequin heads. The photographs which inspire me the most include female models who appear out of place, yet still convey a sense of beauty, the kind of picture that makes me ask myself, Who is this girl? Where does she come from? What makes her beautiful?

The only place I post my images on the internet is on Facebook. I post friends, travel, and my digitally captured work there because it is easy and it isn’t imperative to have my work circulating around everywhere. I enjoy the feedback.

I enjoy going to different museums and galleries to look for great photographs. I feel as if I am in the same room as the work I can get a better feel for what the photographer is trying to convey for it is in the full size and arrangement that the photographer has chosen, or had a major hand in. There is a stronger connection to the works when they are “tangible” and you can choose how close or how far away to view them. Reviews, word of mouth, local newspapers or magazines that have the current exhibits are my sources for these venues.

Now, as a student of photography, it’s not always about understanding each photograph. It’s about absorbing what you see and how others may view the subject, composition, and technique. Photography is fluid. You can slightly alter one attribute and you can severely alter the story. At this stage, I want to continue to learn techniques, build industry relationships and be open to taking my photography skills to the next level. I have started doing side projects on the weekends to help build my portfolio, including corporate business occasions, engagement sessions and weddings.

Photography is about capturing celebrated occasions or sometimes the ugly of life that no one expects to see. Being able to catch a shot on how I felt. Was I happy, sad, was this a moment I would always remember or was it a moment, that had I not captured would soon disappear from my memory.

I have utilized various platforms to display my photography: MySpace, Facebook, Flikr and a personal blog. I share everything from school assignments and projects, personal photographs of my life and most recently a 365 project, capturing one photo of the day that depicts a moment from my day, thought of the day, or self-portrait. I am open to hearing feedback, watching which type of photo brings the most responses, as well as notating photos I want to take in the future.

I visit various websites to view photography and images; things I see on the news, blogs of amateur photography, friends on Flikr pages to learn and absorb their point of view. I wouldn’t say I have static criteria to find photographers as it is a learning experience to view all types. Although I may feel comfortable in shooting my own preferences, you can still learn and appreciate all types of photography.

Currently with the exception of a very small mostly personal collection all of my work is being displayed only online. Because of this and the business aspect my work is displayed on several sites (deviantart.com, Facebook, Myspace, Modelmayhem) i also have a photoblog from a series i did this summer through blogspot.com and in addition to my commercial Facebook page for my photography i also display photography on my personal page. On the site modelmayhem.com i display only the model part of my portfolio, on facebook, deviantart, and myspace i display all of my commerical portfolio, and on my personal facebook and blogspot.com sites i display more personal photography which includes my photo documentation of my trips (photo journalism is a huge hobby of mine). I also have an actual site for my photography that is still under construction, honestly keeping my work current on all of these sites is super time consuming so i would really like to pull back to one to a limited few sites so my work can be easily accessed and displayed and easier managed by me.

With the exception of MOPA in San Diego the only place i look for/see photography is online, other than looking for photography on deviantart and model mayhem i know several local photographers that i view work through and receive recommendations through but most of the work i view i find by word of mouth or by reading photo articles at which point i will usually Google the photographers name to try and find work from their portfolio. Typically i tend to search out photographers similar to myself as far as content and vision typically i will search for either a name or content such as “James Natchwey” or “photojournalism” or “Americana”.