Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brian Shumway. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Brian, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

Ironically, I didn’t start to pursue a career in photography until after I graduated college. After college, I felt like, Ok so now what do I do? I began to pursue interests in visual media that I had as a teenager, specifically in filmmaking. My friend’s father gave him a camera and I started to play around with that and really loved. Instead of going to film school, I went to an art school after graduation.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I specialize in commercial and corporate work, mostly photography with a little bit of video production mixed in. Specifically, I shoot editorial portraiture, corporate portraits, lifestyle and architecture. As a photographer, one of the main problems I solve for my clients is creating high-end visuals that reflect the client’s brand or image they’d like to project out to the world. Often clients aren’t sure of the look or style or concept they’re after, so we’ll discuss their ideas and goals for the shoot and come up with a look and style they love to model the shoot after. I pride myself on being detail oriented, easy to work with and constantly experimenting with different lighting styles and visual approaches in order to expand what I can offer my clients.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

At one point I had to make a major change to make being professional photographer viable. In the early part of my career, I focused on hard-hitting black and white documentary photography, shooting stories on homeless people, drug addicts, etc. I lived in NYC and, even though I took my work around to editors at magazines and newspapers, it just wasn’t working. I had very little traction. I did do some portraiture as well and started getting some portrait jobs for various publications. That’s when I realized I needed to pivot to more commercial and corporate work.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

Probably one of the worst “investments” a person can make.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://brianshumway.com
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianshumwayphoto/