![]() The “Sears Family Portrait” is the worst thing I’ve ever seen. Which is good, because I’ve never liked posed photos. The photos that adorn our walls are mostly quirky. (They’ll be useful again someday, really!) My wife loves family photos our walls are cluttered with pictures like a hoarder’s house is with newspapers from the 1980s. The moment was genuine, and the fact it was captured made me giddy. You can tell by looking that it wasn’t planned. We will see what happens! In addition to that, I am excited to see what comes of my first experiences with birth photography.This article first appeared on The Good Men Project and has been republished with permission. Kendra: Lastly, what’s to come for you two and the business as we head out of 2019 and into 2020?Įrin Johnston: My main goal for 2020 is to photograph a destination wedding or elopement. Having my own baby has made me more confident in photographing others, because I know how to make them smile or calm them down if they are upset. Kendra: Has anything changed for you two in terms of business and drive since becoming parents?Įrin Johnston: I am driven more than ever because I want to provide for my daughter’s future! I have also become more interested in newborn and birth photography. ![]() I do fine art photography as well in addition to my more commercial photography like weddings and portraits. I create large scale drawings and paintings alongside my photography work. All art can be reduced to drawings, and practicing that as an artist helps to develop your eye. In my art program at school, the first drawing class was a prerequisite to any of the photography classes. Is that something you create or are you dealers of fine art?Įrin Johnston: I started with pencil drawings. Kendra: On top of photography, you deal with fine art. Kendra: With Instagram and Facebook causing us all to be all about a great photo, have you found that people are more rabid for the best shots more than ever?Įrin Johnston: Yes! People are always wanting photos to post! Social media has been around since before I got into photography though, so it’s all I know! I have often wondered what it was like to be a photographer before social media and camera phones! I’m dying to shoot an elopement on a bluff over there! Jakob and I had our engagement session done there. For you, what’s the most picturesque place for an Arkansas wedding? Then I can pass that information along to my nieces who live down there.Įrin Johnston: Petit Jean State Park has some of my favorite photo spots. Kendra: Every photographer has to be grateful for their locale because every city and state has its own unique beauty to share. I am always able to capture so much emotion with weddings because it’s such a special day that can never be recreated. I’m always looking to broaden my experiences, but weddings are my favorite. Kendra: Was wedding photography always the focus or have you dabbled with other subjects/genres?Įrin Johnston: I just love weddings! I also do portraits of all kinds and I actually have two births scheduled before the end of the year. The classes also helped me learn how to deal with complicated lighting situations that I come into contact with…especially during weddings! There are a few trends going around now that don’t follow these rules and those trends will eventually look dated. There are a few “rules of design” when it comes to photography like color balancing and exposure that when followed will keep your photography timeless. Kendra: Erin, what did you learn in college about photography that you truly feel you wouldn’t have had you just continued to treat it as a hobby?Įrin Johnston: Having several college classes helped me to take it seriously. He saw that he could help, so he took a photography class while we were still in school and now he is a great second shooter for me! Jakob also manages the administrative work like taxes for me so I can focus on the creative side. Was that the case here? Did Jakob see how freeing photography was and leave a 9-5 to join in?Įrin Johnston: Jakob works with me, but not full time. Kendra: I recently talked to another couple where the wife started the business and after the husband left his IT job, he joined her. We talked with Erin about how it all began, where she’s taking things, and everything in between. Now she’s up and running her own business in Central Arkansas shooting weddings throughout the year and even branching out to capture baby’s firsts. So much so that her husband, Jakob, even took a class to help out. A creative person from the start, Erin Johnston didn’t just fall into photography – she’s lived and breathed it since her college days.
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