Is a:Photographer based out of South Bend, Indiana, USA making real life photos. Memories for your future self.
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Casual portraits. Back yard photo sessions. Everyday life.
And is a:Photo/video crew member for hire, including sUAS operations (14 CFR Part 107).
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About Peter
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C&P music educationOpening Reflection:
I'm curious how often people look through photos taken on their phones but not posted to social media. Personally, I only do when I'm looking for something specific or when my phone recommends curated memory albums.
I wish this wasn't the case - but for me, when photos are too easily acquired, they're just as easily forgotten. Many of my fondest early childhood memories were captured on film and stuck in a big old photo album which I'd pull off the shelf a few times per year and flip through.
Looking through selected memories in my parents' photo albums of course reinforced those memories, and maybe shaped my view of my own childhood, but they also served as a historical record - and they were how I learned more about my older brothers' childhoods.
I feel like this experience was shared across my generation (early-mid millennials) and one or two before, and is a phenomenon that has largely come to an end. Maybe I'm wrong, and people either still regularly put together physical photo albums, or have a true digital equivalent, but my sense is that such an experience is a rarity these days.
Anyway, this whole train of thought is why I've stepped back into the photography business after some time away - I want to take photos of people in their real life settings, creating memories for their future selves and generating tangible artifacts of everyday life.
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Above: some of my favorite film photos dating from 2011 - 2024.