Arion •— LA photographer & videographer

-21 degrees at 9,852 feet but everything feels warm through the night lenses. Feels like home.

Moments with @dprian

Captured a moment 📸 published on @variety Thanks CAA team🥂

some tips i wish i knew ⬇️ honestly event photography has way less to do with gear than people think 📸 don’t walk into the room shutter blazing people need time to adjust to your presence if you enter too aggressively, everyone stiffens up and suddenly the room feels photographed instead of lived in 📸 positive energy matters more than your camera people mirror your energy if you look stressed, awkward, or overly serious, the photos usually reflect that 📸 small talk is part of the job sometimes the best photo comes 30 seconds after “y’all mind if i grab you real quick?” being personable gets you moments gear can’t 📸 fresh breath, eye contact, humor sounds lame until you realize event photography is basically social engineering people photograph better when they feel comfortable🤷🏾‍♂️ 📸 don’t shoot EVERYTHING wide open super shallow depth of field can kill the atmosphere of a room sometimes the environment matters just as much as the subject 📸 be quick the best expressions usually exist for half a second hesitation costs photos 📸 the goal isn’t just “coverage” it’s capturing what the room felt like that’s the difference Hope this helps (and YES I cover events lol) . . . . . #photographer #flashphotography #portraitphotography #photographyinspiration #artist

we don’t pick cameras for colors, we pick them for convenience your colors come from light + editing, not the brand on your camera if you’re shooting raw and actually editing… it really doesn’t matter if it’s sony, canon, fuji or nikon 🤷🏽‍♂️ the camera just helps you technically - faster autofocus, higher resolution (which, unless you’re shooting billboards, you probably don’t even need) so if your colors feel off, don’t blame the camera i can promise - you can probably squeeze more out of it than you think 🤙🏽 and for those who’ll still ask … i have sony a7 + iPhone + GoPro lol . . . . . . #photographer #portraitphotography #photographytipsandtricks #lightroomediting #photographyinspiration

y’all told me to start back in 2019… took me a minute but a lot happened in between 61,000 hours of shooting. Learning. & realizing I’m going to document things no matter what I’m doing it’s never really random I plan a lot more than it probably looks like even when it feels spontaneous. & yea i’ve torn my achilles
had concussions
sparred with MMA fighters
and now I’m riding off “cliffs” so yeah… I finally made the videos if you’ve been around for a while, you get it if not, you’ll see link’s there if you want to tap in 🤙🏽

I go to Snowbird and end up doing what I always do… Capturing moments. 📸 it doesn’t matter if it’s a GoPro, my phone in my pocket, or a camera I brought out there if there’s something to document, I find it even in the middle of a run even in the cold even when I’m supposed to just be riding there are always stories happening this one just happens to be on a mountain shot on whatever I have with me What's your favorite camera?

with @oursundays.slc in Utah 🏂 see how we get down in my first vlog on YouTube I JUMPED OFF A CLIFF… Grateful to be a member of the OS fam 📸: @whoizmark [slides 4-6]

@dprian moving

@izzymenow in a tuxedo

Portrait of @dprian

What year does this feel like?