ShotByAndrew

This past summer a group of friends and I travelled to NYC ( the closest venue) for Iann Dior's tour of his album "Nothing is Ever Good Enough." Last night I was able to see Iann Dior again for his album Industry Plant, at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, MA.  It was cool to see the same artist again because when I first went I brought my camera to take photo's and shoot video. Giving me the ability to look back at in easily. At the Allston show I was not able to bring my actual camera in and while originally I wanted to take lots of photo's and video's I ended up enjoying the experience and focus on the music. However, I couldn't resist the urge to grab a few photo's with my phone. 

I paid Nikita to develop a 3-4 month old roll of Portra 400 I shot and I was able to scan a handful. If you ever need developing done hit him up, he will take over all developing business in Dover. And he does this cool thing where he puts the developed negatives back in the canister. When pulling them out it feels odd because typically you aren't pulling film out of a roll because it will expose the unused film. Very cool experience.  These three shots are from the vans skate park under the Zakim Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts. I am a big fan of the left image, the way the magenta works with the dirt and the plaid shirt works well, in addition to the pop of the orange skateboard. I just really like the composure and tones of the image directly off of film. I will say that some of the images from the roll have strong magenta or green tones, maybe that's just Portra 400. Will take some time to truly know Portra 400 at $12.50 a roll.

A photographer who goes by the Instagram name @ioegreer popped into my recommended follow list one day. After scrolling through his feed I took a look at his YouTube channel, which was filled with videos about using different film stocks, film projects he is working on, and talks about commercial work he did with film. Whats cool about Joe is that he shoots 35mm for his street photography, but if it's anything else, he will always shoot medium format. Regarding his actual images, I love the colors that he achieves in his portraits, landscapes, and random photographs. The contrast he achieves between warm and cool tones is something I would like to achieve in my own work with color film or digital photography one day.

Trashand who also goes by "Trash" is a photographer who can do it all. Trash shoots everything from portraits to architecture to nature. What is cool about this artist is the mystery around who they are, no one knows what they look like, much like the musician Marshmello. I feel they did this on purpose because art is art, and nothing more. Enjoy the art or move on. What is inspiring about Trashand is the way he uses leading lines, how clear, and how properly exposed their images. When photographing cities, I look for leading lines, and Trashhand does a good job of composing his images to add another level of depth.

Alex Strohl can be described as an adventure/lifestyle photographer. Because he works for clients, puts work on social media, and has a youtube channel, I am able to find his work easily to draw composition ideas from and photo's that are pleasing to stare at. His website is filled with client work and photographs from his personal trips to Austria, Iceland, France, and more that I can scroll through for forever. I am able to draw inspiration from what his images are composed of, how he frames his images, his editting style and more. I enjoy trying to mimic his work, however, in the words of Susan Schwake "Why try and paint like someone else when you can paint like you?"

As an artist, my creative interests fall into digital and film photography as well as videography. Back in 6th grade I got a dslr for Christmas, shooting digital for 4 years until taking a photography class at school. This class showed me the ins and outs of film photography—developing film, enlarging photos, mounting work, and more. What I enjoy about photography is capturing images that summarize my experiences. Whether it is skiing, hiking, or walking around Boston I want my bring my viewers into the images and feel the cold on a chairlift or hear the bustle of people walking in Boston.  Andrew McCammon