We were lucky to catch up with Brynn Evida recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Brynn thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you talk to us about serving the underserved.

My business doesn’t directly serve an underserved community, but I use portions of my income to spend time volunteering at a local dog rescue, Angel City Pit Bulls, here in Los Angeles. Truthfully, my photography doesn’t earn me as much income as I dream it can, but the fact that I make enough to put gas in my car and spend time helping these dogs is invaluable to me. I’m working on ways to use my photography to help promote the dog’s image and build up their adoption profiles, which I’ve seen other photographers do and I’m so excited about.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

My name is Brynn Evida, and I am a photographer who focuses on the music and entertainment industries. I began by bringing my camera to small shows as a teenager in Arizona, and I now get to capture moments that artists spend with their fans in stadiums here in LA. Nothing brings me as much joy as taking photos and seeing the fans get to relive a show they were at through my eyes, so I decided to work hard to make a career out of it.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

I grew up in a town where parents were focused on getting their kids off to university and onto a reliable career path. Arts were always just a hobby, and this made it very difficult for me to thrive in middle and high school. My teachers often wouldn’t take me seriously when I would tell them that I wanted to move to Los Angeles and pursue photography full-time, and this brought me so much frustration. They saw my passion and brushed it off. I think that we live in a world where the creatives shape how everyone in towns like that finds a break from boring day-to-day life. This could mean listening to music or going to a cinema. It would be nice if the adults could open their minds so that there wasn’t such a separation between the kids and “the people who make the movies” or “the people on the radio.” It’s okay to give kids the confidence to go on an abstract path.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect of being a creative for me is getting to bond with other creatives. I think our brains all work in similar ways that not everyone understands. Because we all choose to create as a means to express ourselves we immediately have so much in common, and this makes for wonderful conversations and friendships.

Contact Info:

• Website: brynnevidaphotography.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brynnevidaphotography
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brynnevidaphotography/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynnedwards/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/brynnevida