There was a large variety of different types, styles, and artists at the ArtWalk. There was photography from professionals, amateurs, and students along with sketches, ceramics, sculptures, and paintings. Each piece was unique and interesting from the paintings of first year students to the expensive work of professional artists. I stopped to talk with Michelle Conner who has been working as a full time photographer for many years now. She graduated from Antonelli Art Institute in two years and has been working as a full time photographer since then. I asked her what she felt was her biggest challenge was as a photographer and she responded with a groan. She answered honestly and told me that she disliked working Weddings, she just doesn't like them. On the other hand, she loves shooting photographs of animals. She mentioned that if she had a really stressful week, she would go find a cute puppy to photograph and then she would be alright.
As she fell more in love with photography she traveled to Europe to take photographs of the architecture. She enjoys working with the film in the dark room, although she admitted that it was much more practical to work with digital photographs. One of her favorite pictures was taken in Prague and she used a 4x5 camera. It was printed metalically and was out for show on her table. I asked her for one piece of advice. She told me that if it was something that I loved, that I should stick with it because it would make me happy in the long run. She also informe
d me that living on the salary of a photographer alone was challenging and told me to marry well.
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