We were lucky to catch up with Quentin Townsend Jr recently and have shared our conversation below.

Quentin, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

Photography, I started operating a digital camera when I was eleven years old, I had no idea what I was doing so I practice by photographing self portraits of myself on a little digital camera that i’ve gotten for Christmas and got feedback from friends on an old social media website called Myspace. I didn’t even have proper editing tools so i edit photos on websites like Picnic.com, facebook, and of course Myspace. Now that I look at it it seem pretty silly but I have no regrets for those terrible cropped images, embarrassing filters and soft lighting photos that were giving to me on these sites because little did I know I was preparing myself for my future. This was all just for fun and practice, I’ve gain a few more years of experimenting with photography and my sister realize how serious I was taking it so she brought me my first Canon Rebel XS. My first DSLR camera, me and that camera couldn’t be separated, I’ve shot with that camera in center city of Philly, old city, West Philly, wherever i can, I’ve even used it for my high school senior yearbook committee. After high school I’ve studied photographic imaging at CCP & The Art Institute of Philadelphia to learn how properly use the camera and test my skills as a photographer.

Quentin, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

During my time in college I joined other photography companies such as Picture People, Photogenic Inc, George Street & Lifetouch and many more. I became comfortable hitting the shutter every single day that it turned into my lifestyle, and a career that I love oh so much. I am passionate about what I do and I love the fact that I can share it with you! Thank you for taking to read this short story about me, I hope you enjoy the content, projects and feel aspired to live your dreams so you can live your life as happily as it should be.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

I build an audience on social media by staying true to myself. I post what I love and appreciate within my craft & I feel my viewers feels the authenticity behind all of it. I try to be consistent and understanding, I treat people like human beings because you never know what someone is going through, you might be going through something similar. So, I try to talk and engage instead of acting as if I’m a bot just trying to take photographs..

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect of being a artist is actually putting in the work, I tell people all the time that I’m living my dream. Of course I have a rough times, sometimes it’s a breeze but the over experience to me is such a reward because every second I’m growing with my craft.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://quetphotography.com
• Instagram: Quentin_Townsendjr
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quentin-townsend-jr-12820b121