Today we’d like to introduce you to Erin Krespan.
Erin, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
I fell in love with capturing everything around me at a very young age. My mom got a point and shoot camera as a birthday gift when I was about 12 years old, but it immediately became my favorite toy. I spent most of my days outside, taking macro photos of nature and anything else I could find! My grandparents got me my first DSLR camera as I headed into high school and I wore that thing into the ground! I spent most of high school taking portraits of my friends which is how I really found my niche in portrait photography. I shot my first wedding when I was 16 years old and immediately was hooked and the rest was history.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
I am a wedding + portrait photographer and get to hang out with incredible people every weekend celebrating their love. We are all hopeless romantics, whether we’ve figured it out yet or not. We are all searching for love, and once we’ve found it, we hold on to it and it’s the most important thing in the world to us. I strive to capture the most important part of people’s lives, because I know how imperative those photos are in my own relationship. I am a documenter, not just a photographer. I am inspired by real human connection and want my art to always take people back to how they felt in that exact moment when they look back at it in 30 years. My shooting style is prompts over posing which really brings out the realness of their connection. I love having my couple’s whisper secrets, tell each other what they’re most excited for in marriage and other fun prompts to evoke emotion.
Any advice for aspiring or new artists?
Don’t pay attention to what anyone else is doing. I’m guilty of feeling like my work isn’t as good as someone else’s because of their number of followers or likes, but that’s just not true. Art is personal and if you get in your own head about your work, it’ll really start to show negatively. My other advice would be to remember that it’s not all about you. In fact, it’s not about you at all. If you’re a wedding photographer, you’re there to serve your couples and give them a product that means something to them. You’re not there to get featured on the next big wedding blog or get published in a big name wedding magazine. You are there to capture memories, shared glances and cherished moments.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
My fiancé and I own our wedding photography business, Kemp Collective and can be found at kempcollective.com, on Facebook at Kemp Collective and on Instagram @kempcollective!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.kempcollective.com
- Email: hello@kempcollective.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kempcollective/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kemp-Collective-330049680363888/
Image Credit:
Kemp Collective
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