meaganmiller_statement outline

1. When I pick up a camera, I feel like everything makes sense. I get a sense of understanding and confidence when I look through the viewfinder and I can already see the shot in my head. I know exactly how I want a photo to look and any other way, it feels odd. I'm very confident when it comes to my art. I do have a tendency to second guess myself until I think about why I'm doing it and what I want to accomplish with it. I want my photos to say something to someone. When work is going well, I feel like I should be in this profession and that I'm making the right decision to stick to what I love. When I look at average scenes, I automatically see how I could portray that scene in a photo. I see it all in my head from the very first glance; color scheme, depth of field, rule of thirds, feeling.
   
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   Different
   Simple
   Experimental
   Growth
   Bright
   Variety
   
3. I love feeling like I know what I'm doing, because I do. I feel so unbelievably confident when I look through my lens that nothing else matters. When I see my shot, I already have every last detail planned in my head and that makes me feel like I'm actually supposed to be doing this and that I was stupid for ever believing I couldn't. I just get a sense of knowing and understanding and I can't ever get enough of it. If I ever lose that, I will quit photography because the magic will be gone, my entire purpose will be gone. I know a piece has turned out well if it looks the same on the screen or the paper as it does in my head. I'm a firm believer of the rule of thirds. I will rarely, if ever, center a subject. Sometimes, I'll center a subject on accident and I like the result, but rarely does that happen. I have a tendency to place my subject to the right so there is more visible space on the left. I'm not sure how I came about doing that, but I'll find myself trying to correct it and change up the scene so that the subject will fall just about anywhere else.