Parker, 14 years old. My photo is a double exposure of one of my friends and a photo I took on a walk not far from here with my class. The first image was taken in my school near a windowsill. But alone this image was boring so I decided to try double exposure and I really enjoyed the results. The second image was really me trying to get a good photo of the crow while on a walk. However my camera wouldn’t zoom further, but this picture ended up being perfect for layering. I’m still unsure what I wanted this to represent. It was really just me experimenting with darkroom photography having not done it before. I really enjoy experimenting with my art and my photos. I feel like that’s the best part of the process. The most fun part of photography art and overall life is experimenting, testing the waters, learning through life. That’s how I see it anyway.

My name is Parker and I am 14. I enjoy pottery, painting, photography, and hanging out with friends. I started digital photography a little over a year ago. This was my third class with Youth in Focus and throughout this class I learned a lot about lighting and how to control it. As an artist I think I would like to encapsulate emotion, even without people in frame. I want my drawings, paintings, and photographs to make people feel something no matter what’s in it as if I put my own emotion that I was feeling when making that piece into the piece itself.