My photographic career is neck deep in a phase of evolution right now. I’ve been shooting with goals and aspirations in mind for almost two years now and it feels like I’m naturally exiting a stage where I take any work that comes my way and entering a stage where I want to be hired for a specific look I’m able to achieve with my photographs. I’ve been much less worried about getting paid for my work and thinking more about how I can develop my style and challenge what I’m capable of as a photographer. So I’m shooting whatever the hell I want, whenever I want. Really letting myself be taken by any creative inspiration I have for a shoot and taking the time to flesh out the idea to see where it goes. To go even further I’ve been intentionally introducing myself to new photographic challenges like taking up film photography for the first time. Since having adopted this state of creative exploration, I’ve made some of my most fulfilling work to date and have no intention of stopping anytime soon.
This shoot with Eva is a product of me manifesting an idea simply for the experience. It’s a culmination of me challenging myself in almost every way I can within a single shoot. It’s a model I hadn’t worked with before which leaves room for social incompatibility. I wanted to use harsh light which is out if the norm for me. I introduced the roses to give the photos a more romantic feel I’ve been striving for in my photographs. My editing is slowly but constantly changing and theres a couple of these images that I’m extremely happy with strictly because of how the edits came out.
More on the way soon,
Tyler
