Today we’d like to introduce you to Jeremy Blanton.
Jeremy, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
Photography has always been a part of my life. I’m thinking this was probably genetic since my father was a video producer for the Texas A&M Veterinary College and later, Texas Department of Transportation for over 25 years. After years of dabbling in photography, I undertook a Bachelor of Digital Cinematography at Full Sail University. This was a challenging time since my wife and I welcomed our daughter a few months after enrolling. This time of my life taught me the importance of time management. I graduated in 2017 and we relocated to the Houston area from the Rio Grande Valley just a couple months before Harvey hit.
Has it been a smooth road?
The road has not always been smooth. Struggling with anxiety and depression is not a very ideal pathway for a photographer that the public often demands be outgoing. Some days are easier than others while other days, I just want to snuggle up with my family and be lazy. I’ve been involved with the restaurant industry for many years running burger and pizza stores; long shifts led to an injury to my ankle that has limited time to be on my feet. So I began rides-hare driving to make ends meet. Like ride-share driving, photography and videography work is sporadic at best. I’ve done several small shoots for friends but never had a paying gig yet.
So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Blanton Films story. Tell us more about the business.
My company Blanton Films specializes in small intimate photography and videography. My goal is to capture the scene as natural as possible with minimal use of artificial lights, I prefer to use reflectors and shade as much as possible. Images and videography are processed as little as needed to showcase the natural beauty of the scene. I’m most proud of the film I produced for my senior thesis that was a biography of my father in law who died from lung cancer caused by years of smoking.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
Photography is a very evolutionary industry. Few things are revolutionary that which are immediately adopted industry-wide. Smart-phone cameras have changed the industry in that almost anyone with one can claim to be a photographer but will only produce an image. It takes a true photographer to compose and capture that image that speaks to people on an emotional level that will stay with them. Current trends of image processing seem to be very vivid and sometimes loud colors that pop out but I feel there will always be a place for well-composed and thoughtful simple photography.
Contact Info:
- Address: 5022 S Willow Dr #1103 Houston, Texas
- Website: https://blantonfilms.wordpress.com
- Phone: 512-799-6544
- Email: jrblanton@zoho.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/blantonfilms
Image Credit:
All images are by Jeremy Blanton
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