|Featured Photographer| Jarvie Pascual

Every now and then, I will be featuring a guest photographer on my blog. It will consist of a short interview and a couple frames of them at work taken by yours truly. This features aim not only to help to showcase talent, but also to show the vast range of photography styles, ideals, and philosophies.

Meet Jarvie Pascual, a Filipino-American photographer from Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Give me a brief history of your photography journey and how you get into photography.

Jarvie - "After years of using a compact camera, I started to feel limited. So I bought a used DSLR. It was a Nikon d40 back in 2009. It’s a little nice compact camera. I learned basics of photography from turning it ON to properly expose my images. Then it grew my interest in photography and from there, it’s just been a seriously expensive hobby. Arts has been my passion. I liked to draw when I was a kid. So, when I get into photography, I got fascinated with the pictures I captured! Photography is an art."

What is your favorite thing about photography and what do you like to shoot?

Jarive- "I like what photography's offered me because the world is completely different when it's seen through a viewfinder. I’ve always been interested in taking portraits, because I like meeting new people. I like shooting people. It's fascinating how one can see their personality by just looking at their pictures. I like capturing their moment."

What is the most trouble photography has gotten you in?

Jarvie- "Of course! When you, Jeff, and I went to into the abandoned Michigan train station downtown. It was thrilling and at the same time fun!"

Lastly, how has photography influenced/effected your life?

Jarvie - "Since I started photography, I have met a lot of people and become friends to them."

Enjoy the photos!

Check out JARVIE's work at his blog.

-Kurt Belen