Cell Phone Photography September 1st at 7 pm at VAC « News &Amp; Events

Cell Phone Photography September 1st at 7 pm at VAC

Cell Phone Photography will be the focus of the next program offered to members and visitors of the Yaquina Art Association Photographers on Monday, September 1st at 7 pm. The meeting will be held in the upstairs classroom of the Visual Art Center at the Nye Beach Turnaround in Newport, Oregon. The public is invited to attend this free class.

Photographers who have invested thousands of dollars in camera gear to create exquisite photographs may wonder why you would use a simple smartphone instead. Using a mobile camera may seem like a step back for the long-time practicing photographer, yet the mobile camera and apps provide a fantastic tool for expanding creativity and vision. Kat explains why this simple device has become her primary camera and how it might fit into your existing photographic toolbox.

For Kat Sloma, photography is meditation, expression and revelation. She finds photography a way to express her feelings, a way to process what’s going on around her, and a way to be in the moment. She pauses to observe details in the greater world and photograph them, and works to create the same feeling of “pause” in her photography-based art. The type of “pause” can be meditative or surprised; curious or joyful. She seeks anything that stops thought for a moment, allowing the world to be perceived in a different way.

Kat’s artwork is greatly influenced by the places she lives and explores every day. Over the last few years her photographic work has shifted from urban scenes to forest elements, reflecting a move from Milan, Italy to Corvallis, Oregon. She has also moved along the spectrum from literal and representational to abstract, taking photographic elements out of context and recombining them into something new and different. She is currently creating new work using an iPhone camera and apps, enjoying the experience of experimenting with a new process and seeing what possibilities may appear.

As a fine art photographer, writer and instructor, Kat believes everyone has a unique vision of the world to share through their art. Since founding Kat Eye Studio, Kat works both online and in person to provide resources helping photographers find their personal creative vision. She has taught workshops around the US and abroad, and attracts worldwide participation in her eCourses. Kat currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon with her husband and son.