the man and his craft: bryan chris photography

                BRYAN CHRIS                                                                                BY IDRIS BUSARI

Creative Commercial Portraiture

ABOUT BRYAN

Born and raised in the city of Elkhart 

Moved to Goshen 10 years ago

Married with 2 kids

Played in a band (4 and 20 Elders) for 20 years

MORE ABOUT BRYAN

Tech Director @ River Oak Community Chruch from 2003-2007

Went to IveyTech in 2007

Left IveyTech for a job and practical training at Todd Allen design in 2007

Designer @ Todd Allen Design(08-09)

Self-employed from May 2009-Present 

Photographic Detail"Visual Communication in general is something I get kinda intrinsically"

CHOSE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY BECAUSE:

IMMEDIACY OF RESULT

Lack the patience for film camera

Waited till 2004 for DSLR

1st camera was a  Canon Digital Rebel

Canon 7d

EQUIPMENT OF CHOICE

other accessories 16-35mm f2.8L, 70-200mm

f2.8L IS

50mm f1.4

 and a Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro. 

use a wide variety of lights and modifiers, mostly made by Westcott and Paul C.Buff. "Off camera lighting/sunshine on a stick".

MASTER YOUR CRAFT LIKE LANGUAGE"Being able to communicate whatever visually"

LOVING THE CRAFT

• Senior Portrait  • Event Photography

MORE SOUNDBITE

FAVORITE SHOOT

"...I enjoy doing senior portraits for young ladies. I think a lot of ladies lack self esteem, so I like to (with his craft) give (them) a sense of pride."

ON INFANT PORTRAITS

"...I try to move away from trendy stuff...focus on strong emotional connections, those little piece"(like infant holding father's finger).

"B/W speaks more"

IMAGE TO REMEMBER

LEARN MORE@

http://www.bryanchrisphotography.com/

https://www.facebook.com/bryanchrisphotography

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bryan-chris/33/491/746

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