Andrew McMullen | Point of View
All words and photos by Andrew McMullen.
I was into art for a while, in Junior high I took every art class I could, but it was more of a means for me to under achieve. I have no drawing or painting talent, its just that the art classes were easy and I didn't like the so called academia school offered, so I tried to get into every art class I could as an easy way out. Photography was something I picked up in high school, we had a great high school photo program, and I was the lead photographer for yearbook, so thats pretty much all I did my senior year was take photos, that and ride bikes. Video production, (which was my main interest then), was what I focused on most, not artistically so much, but more technically, I just read manuals, took them home actually and just read them, before I even owned a computer or a camera. Photography was just a side hobby, which it still is today. As for why I still do it.. Thats a good question, I've been asking myself that question lately. Sometimes I wont touch my camera for months.. its weird, I cant click on the inspiration, it just happens when it happens and I try to embrace it when it does. I get inspired by traveling, natural light, and my friends, pretty simple but thats it. The reason why I still do video... part of me loves it, but part of me is in dislike, I go through phases. its weird. If I focus and do one thing and do it all the time I start not to like it, no matter what it is, thats why I dabble in lots of things. I wouldn't say I have a specific artistic style, with photography, I like to catch candid moments, I never want to set a shot up, I'd rather anticipate and foresee something that is about to happen, capture it - and not have the subject know. I like minimal, not just with video and photography, but with all things in my life. keep it simple.
See more of Andrew's work at http://andrewmcmullen.com/ as well as on Defgrip.
I was into art for a while, in Junior high I took every art class I could, but it was more of a means for me to under achieve. I have no drawing or painting talent, its just that the art classes were easy and I didn't like the so called academia school offered, so I tried to get into every art class I could as an easy way out. Photography was something I picked up in high school, we had a great high school photo program, and I was the lead photographer for yearbook, so thats pretty much all I did my senior year was take photos, that and ride bikes. Video production, (which was my main interest then), was what I focused on most, not artistically so much, but more technically, I just read manuals, took them home actually and just read them, before I even owned a computer or a camera. Photography was just a side hobby, which it still is today. As for why I still do it.. Thats a good question, I've been asking myself that question lately. Sometimes I wont touch my camera for months.. its weird, I cant click on the inspiration, it just happens when it happens and I try to embrace it when it does. I get inspired by traveling, natural light, and my friends, pretty simple but thats it. The reason why I still do video... part of me loves it, but part of me is in dislike, I go through phases. its weird. If I focus and do one thing and do it all the time I start not to like it, no matter what it is, thats why I dabble in lots of things. I wouldn't say I have a specific artistic style, with photography, I like to catch candid moments, I never want to set a shot up, I'd rather anticipate and foresee something that is about to happen, capture it - and not have the subject know. I like minimal, not just with video and photography, but with all things in my life. keep it simple.
Defgrip Original - Ruben Alcantara from Defgrip on Vimeo.
Defgrip Originals - Ed David from Defgrip on Vimeo.
See more of Andrew's work at http://andrewmcmullen.com/ as well as on Defgrip.
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