Today we’d like to introduce you to Aidan Haspel.
Hi Aidan, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Both my parents were photographers and I picked up a camera at eight on a trip with my elementary school and ever since then I have loved to take photos on trips I’ve gone to and when I was 14, I started taking portraits of my friends And while working retail, I met other photographers and began taking photos for engagement sessions and portrait sessions, and that is when I truly defined my niche. During high school I was in the film club, but I always lean more towards photography.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I can’t say it’s been the smoothest road. Life is certainly gotten in the way at some point. I’ve had personal struggles, but I always try to push through and pull my passion back whenever I feel it slipping the hardest thing about being a photographer is where the line between your hobby and your business is because if you focus too much on the business, you could lose your hobby and vice versa.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I think what sets me a part is I really have a passion of telling people stories. I think the photography industry is kind of saturated with these trends of golden hour light and just snapshots. I do not like to really do traditional modeling in any of my shoots, I’d rather have a conversation with my subject and capture their natural movements. I think it’s a better way to tell your story I think doing that in contrast with shooting in black-and-white can really accent a person‘s individuality. I think that’s really the only way to capture someone’s raw true self. It’s not posed it’s real. especially for couples I don’t like posing couples. I’d rather capture their natural love, even if it’s as simple as handholding than I would orchestrating something that looks better but isn’t real. I’m known for the color pallets I use even with the color work. I do it still has a very dark mood to it and my high contrast black-and-white work. My work is very cinematic and I consider it fine art
Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
I think what’s helped me have some level of success is that all my photos are telling other people stories, but I never shy away from the fact that I’m the one taking the photo and my art is a reflection of my inner world telling someone else’s story the way I see their beauty
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Haspelphotography.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haspel.noir?igsh=cGZldXpza3RobDMw&utm_source=qr
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