Reaction Paper #1

    In my photography seminar class this week we had a guest speaker come in. Her name is Katherine Liepe-Levinson. I found it very interesting that Katherine wasn't always interested in being a photographer. It really excited me to find out that she was a professional dancer earlier in her life because I myself am a dancer. So right off the bat i was very interested in her.

   She showed us a series of photographs she took at a pond all which included reflections in the water. I enjoyed looking at those very much. Those pictures were very interesting to me because you couldn't just look at them and figure out what they were right away, you had to spend a little time studying them a bit. I think it is really cool that we could tell what season it was just by looking at the reflections on the water. I also find it very interesting that she does not manipulate her photos in photo shop at all because that is a very popular thing to do these days.

   Katherine also spoke a little bit about the business side of photography. She said a very important thing to do to get your name out there is to get your work into an art gallery. She gave us some advice on how to do such a thing. Some of the advice she gave us was;

• Have a body of work to show that relate to each other.
• Have a story for how you came up with the idea.
• Email them images.
• Send them your website.
• Matte some of your work to bring them.

   Over-all i really enjoyed her visit. She gave us a lot of good advice that I will try to use! She is a wonderful photographer and i really enjoyed being able to see her work and find out more about her.