It ’ s easy to grab a camera and take a photo . But James takes it to another level as he chases light and people to get the best snap .
As a late bloomer to the photography world , James has an abnormally high standard of photography for himself , “ I just don ’ t want to go backwards . I want every photo to be better than my last .” With this in mind , James has set hard ( yet , achievable , at the rate he ’ s going ) goals and aspirations , “ I want to be able to see my progress in my photos . Ultimately , I just want to have a recognisable style – I want people to see my images and know I took them , without having to look at a caption .” Although it ’ s rare for him to admit and share his accomplishments , “ there ’ s accolades like shooting at Fashion Weeks , but honestly , it ’ s your images that convey yoursuccess .”
Despite his new presence in the industry , his photography style has largely developed from the “ Instagram cliché ” of landscape and city scape photography , towards an integration of his love for both fashion and photography . “ I feel like my photography has progressed and changed a lot over the past couple of years , whether its different styles , subjects or edits . The main thing that changed was that I began taking photos for me , rather than my audience . Ever since then , I feel like my photos have progressed and gotten so much better .” With a fresh new style , James talks about shooting street style and finding the right outfit to shoot . “ I ’ ll take a photo of someone for a couple reasons . If they are interesting or I find something intriguing about them , I ’ ll shoot them . If they have a piece that I want , I ’ ll shoot them . But the main factor is how they express themselves through fashion . I love the link between the clothes and the wearer , and I think that ’ s what is important in fashion .”
Gone are his days of solely shooting the environment around him , but that doesn ’ t diminish the memories held within these photos . James ’ talent of photography mixes perfectly with his love of travel . When asked what photo ( he has taken ) that has emotionally moved him , in response he sent a musky pink , orange and black photo he took on his recent two-month travel around Europe with his friends . A single dark figure is silhouetted in an empty castle district in Budapest , Hungary . “ It was a perfectly sunny day and we went up to a castle district and did a bunch of tourist activities . When we went back outside , there was the thickest rug of smog that had covered the city . You couldn ’ t see 10 feet … It was