Featured Photographer: Katy Weaver
It’s that time again! Time for me to feature a fellow photographer who has especially impressed me or influenced my own photography in some way. The photographer that has compelled me to write about her this time is Katy Weaver, or K weav on Flickr.
Katy is only 18 and a freshman at Oregon State University where she is majoring in Biology and minoring in Communications and Chemistry. Photography, however, is her true passion and sometimes keeps her from her schoolwork. In her own words:
“Photography provides me with a creative outlet that is probably the most amazing procrastinating device ever created. I can’t tell you how many times I have stayed up til 3a.m. doing some sort of homework assignment because I spent hours earlier working on pictures instead of writing a lab report. In terms of a future career, I’m debating about going to med school or continuing my current line of work in journalism (I have written for 3 different papers so far). If I could get away with it, I’d choose photography over both of these…
“My photos tend to be pictures of people and places that others might deem average but I try to make extraordinary. Even when I don’t have a camera with me I am constantly thinking about the world in terms of photography. I think that anyone, or anything can be made beautiful with the right light and the right treatment. With that said, I love most forms of photography: from landscapes to portraits to macros to graphic art. Because I am stuck at a university most of the time, its currently a lot easier for me to focus on portraiture (my biggest models are my friends and my two sisters who are twins) than nature, but thats not to say I don’t equally like both.”
What really caught my eye about Katy’s work is her self-portraits. Taking a good self-portrait is not as easy as it sounds (I’ve tried) and you only need to browse through MySpace or Facebook for a few minutes to see hundreds of people that can’t do it very well. Katy is different. She’s taken simple self-portraits and turned them in to a true art form. What makes her photos even more impressive is that she’s only been doing this since 2006, has never taken a photography class, and doesn’t own a DSLR. Instead, she mostly shoots with two point-and-shoot cameras: an Olympus C750UZ and a Sony DSC-W90. I’m sure you’ll agree, however, there is nothing “point and shoot” about her photos, proving once again that it’s not the equipment that makes a photo, it’s the photographer.
More of Katy’s photos after the jump…
Tags: flickr, katy-weaver, kweav, photographers, portrait, self-portraits
