Kate T Parker
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Instructor of CMU’s Shooting 206: Turning Lifestyle Photographs Into Art, Kate is a photographer living in Atlanta, GA, shooting it all: families, fine art, commercial, and weddings. Her two girls, husband and loyal golden retriever along with daily boxing classes keep her sane, centered and laughing. Her fine art work focuses on her family and specifically her two girls and their friends. Her work has been shown at Mason Murer Gallery, Detroit Center for Fine Art Photography, 1650 Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, The Darkroom Gallery, The Center For Fine Art Photography among others.
KATE’s GEAR:
- Nikon d3s
- Nikon d800
- Nikon d700
- Ikelite underwater housing
- Nikkor 28mm/2.8 lens
- Nikkor 50mm/1.4 lens
- Ice Light
- Nikkor 85mm/1.8 lens
- Lightroom 4
- Photoshop 5
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| With water shots you would expect to see colour but this looks very effective in B/W a point of difference. I have added some photos of kids playing with a hose in my portfolio not in black and white but could experiment with that idea and see how it looks. |
| This is another image very simple but effective, with my portfolio I have a lot going on maybe to much in some images but that perhaps makes them interesting ? I actually enjoy looking at this none crowded image. Another point is like above you expect to see an image like this in colour and its not its quite refreshing to see this difference. |
| This is a very soft image , princess type feel about it, very magical , a narrow depth of field , I like the composition in this image and the colour , perhaps this could have been B/W image because the white is eye catching. |
| This girl is all dressed up with her pink clothes and her pink hat, just like what sissy loves doing. This is a neat photo perhaps I could take some less crowded images of sissy dressed in her pink outfits . The girl is placed on a 3rd intersection all dressed up with steps as the background , I think this wouldn't be as powerful if this image was in black and white because the colour really shines out like a 3d image almost . I like the stairs behind looks like a painted picture. |
The black-and-white images are focused on the photographer’s two young daughters. She began shooting them simply to capture their childhood memories and practice her photography skills in different lighting situations and environments. But as she continued to shoot the girls and their friends she realized that all the best photos were the ones where the girls weren’t necessarily posing, but just being themselves – adventurous, athletic, angry, messy and all.
Ms Parker added: 'They don’t need to have their hair done, clothes matching, or even be clean to be loved or accepted... I wanted this series of images to show their boldness, their strength and the beauty in them, as they are. Strong is the new pretty.'
The photographer explained to Today that she is in no way 'taking out' girls who like traditionally feminine things. She has nothing against tutus or the color pink. In fact, she believes that parents should celebrate whatever their kids are into.
'My kids are this, you know? Athletic and strong and dirty and loud and crazy,' she told the outlet. 'That’s what I’m trying to celebrate.'
Ms Parker added: 'But I encourage everyone to document their own kids the way they see them.'
I love the above statement , totally what I feel and how I like to photograph my children .
I have noticed since learning about photography and have clocked up a few gallery now , a lot of photographs taken of children are in black and white something I haven't really noticed before or considered practising so perhaps thats definitely something I could consider in my portfolio as long as I can get a focused image ! I have been pondering on the thought why haven't I done more black and whites shots myself perhaps it is because our photos were taken in black and white when we were kids or maybe I just love bright colours !
KATE T PARKER
Much of your processing consists of converting to black and white – why is this?
For my personal work, I think black and white just helps to create whatever mood I am going for with the image. Most of my personal work (um, due to aforementioned lack of enthusiasm from my subjects) does not consist of happy, smiley images. I am happy to get a “stand here. Look at me. No, look at ME, not the dog. Please. One more. Yeah, I know I said one, but I really meant 10 more. Beautiful. Thanks, okay. You earned a lollipop.” The images are moody, pensive and sometimes frustrated and a lot of the time that mood works well for black and white processing. It is pared down and the emotion is easier to read without color.
When I shoot for clients, I know that I am not going to deliver 30 black and white moody images of unsmiling children. At least, I’ve yet to have that requested. 😉 I know clients want a mix. A mix of posed, unposed, candids, black and whites and colours. So, yes, I shoot differently. Although for client shoots, I always try to deliver what I think mom wants. I ask, then ask again, “what images should I not miss?”. You miss those images and you’re not ever shooting that family again. That being said, every client shoot, I still shoot for me. I shoot the artistic shots. The black and whites I love and more often than not, clients really admire and appreciate them.
Between Kate and Keith I have really enjoyed looking at their images and reading about their reasons behind their images etc.
I love their techniques ( black and white and the narrow depth of field ) and want to get out and take some more photographs of my kids.
Definitely some positive information for myself to use in my portfolio.
I have got my photographs together and Im weaving through them to try and pick some that would look good in black and white and experiment with them see what I can come up with.
My first shot was one of the kids and their Dad working outside. This is my experimentation of black and white.
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Im having a nightmare with saving my images. I had to take a screen shot for this black and white photograph because I couldn't download it to my blog as it changed to colour each time. . Anyway an example of B/W. I prefer colour I think I just love colour . |
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This is good image of Sissy being playful similar to the fun in Kates photographs. Not staged at all just fun. Clashing colours and its not quite in focus . I feel Kates photographs are the most similar in more ways than one to mine. Magdalenas are beautiful but my photos are closer to Kates. |
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