Photography Major Shares Her Plans for the Future
By Aisha Schor | Observer Contributor
Photos by Courtney Rousse
Courtney Rousse, a photography major, enjoys practicing and learning more about photography both in her free time and through a variety of classes at MWCC.
Though she appreciates and enjoys many styles of photography, Rousse’s heart lies with nature photography. “I love nature photography, that’s what I’m known for,” Rousse says. “I know photography is not an easy job. . . but my dream job is to be a National Geographic photographer. There’s a lot of steps but I know I’ll be submitting my pictures to some nature magazines in the future.”
“I submitted one of my pictures to the Lunenburg Sentinel” Rousse also added. “That was my first published photo, I still have the cutout.”
Rousse will be graduating from the Mount in May with a certificate in photography. In the meantime she says she plans to continue working while she builds her photography portfolio, “I’m planning on working for USPS or UPS and having photography as my hobby, that way I also have something more supportive.”
Rousse has always had an interest in photography. Even as a young girl, she recounts, she loved to take pictures on her disposable camera of family vacations.
Rousse’s passion for photography really started taking off after her mom purchased her a small digital point and shoot camera for Christmas when she was ten. “When I was little my mom got me a camera because I was using the disposable ones…so when she got me my first camera that’s when it all started. I don’t know, I just loved it and kept taking pictures,” she says.
Rousse has since graduated from her old point and shoot, and now uses a Canon DSLR which she loves. Though she has always enjoyed photography, she didn’t think of making it a part of her career goals until this past year. The Canon, a more professional camera, helped her see her potential.
“That’s where it all started. I even switched my major, that’s when everything became more real, I guess. Photography has always been my thing but I had never really made it a thing.”
Rousse’s photography style has matured as she’s learned, practiced, and become a more thoughtful photographer.“I used to hate taking pictures of people,” she says, “but once I learned how to, it actually became more fun, especially when you have someone who wants to take pictures as much as you.”
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