{"id":5050,"date":"2017-12-02T00:20:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T00:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alttabme.site.nfoservers.com\/portfolio\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2017-12-02T00:21:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T00:21:22","slug":"freezing-movement-in-time-photographer-tristan-pope-is-a-dancers-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tristanpope.com\/portfolio\/freezing-movement-in-time-photographer-tristan-pope-is-a-dancers-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezing Movement in Time, Photographer Tristan Pope is a Dancer\u2019s Best Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no one way to describe Tristan Pope: New Yorker, Actor, Photographer, Emmy Award-winning director, gamer and former Blizzard Entertainment magic maker. Pope is more than just the sum of his creative parts, and it is this approach that makes his work all the more spectacular. Out to capture the perfect moment, frozen in time, Pope\u2019s goal is to combine motion, strength, glamour, and fashion into each and every shot. We sat down with Tristan to hear more about his professional evolution, his vision, and making it as an artist and creative professional.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hfYkkxeG0wI\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Freezing Movement in Time, Photographer Tristan Pope is a Dancer\u2019s Best Friend\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Freezing Movement in Time, Photographer Tristan Pope is a Dancer\u2019s Best Friend\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-12-02T00:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hfYkkxeG0wI\/default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hfYkkxeG0wI\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"340\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hfYkkxeG0wI\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Why did you decide to pursue photography as a career?<\/h4>\n<p>I think my choice to pursue photography as a career was not really a choice \u2013 since I was a little kid, I would go and take pictures of family events. I was always able to capture these moments that people around me had, and I wanted to further that, so after a couple of years in California directing cinematics for a video game company, I decided to branch off, take what I had learned and apply it to my own business, which had translated into photography.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2590 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-34.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-34.jpg 1689w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-34-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-34-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-34-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-34-119x178.jpg 119w\" alt=\"Superr Photographer, Tristan Pope\" width=\"359\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>What inspires you as a photographer?<\/h4>\n<p>The things that inspire me most as a photographer are definitely the interactions that I have with the various people I work with. If you asked me to shoot a landscape, for example, I wouldn\u2019t be able to \u2013 it would be the worst photo you\u2019d see, because in that situation, I can\u2019t talk to that rock over there and tell it to move to the left a little. It\u2019s that 30 minutes when the model or dancer or actor is getting ready, or getting their makeup done, where I have to get to know them really quickly, and apply that to their everyday and my everyday, and the things that might be up and down. It\u2019s like you\u2019re a bit of a therapist, but then you have to go and shoot your subject and make everything really beautiful, so that interaction is what really draws me into it.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s the most rewarding part of being a photographer?<\/h4>\n<p>I think the most rewarding part of being a photographer is being able to show someone a different version of what they see in themselves. I try to make sure that it\u2019s as close to what I see and executed as accurately as possible \u2013 I\u2019m not talking about Photoshopping your face into a thin mask with makeup and Snapchat filters. I\u2019m talking about the\u00a0<i>real<\/i>\u00a0you in that moment, so you can have that photo forever.<\/p>\n<h4>Can you tell us about your \u201cDancers Of\u201d project and what inspired you to start it?<\/h4>\n<p>One of the interesting projects I\u2019ve been working on is an ongoing series called<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dancers_of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\u201cDancers Of\u201d<\/a>, spurred by a short film that I shot on an iPhone, back when Apple had introduced slow motion at 240 frames per second. I did this video in the three days after the iPhone 6 was released, all doing one dance move, all over the city, and I released a 2-minute snap piece where it was just these beautiful dancers in slow motion. I was capturing it on a phone this big, which was exciting to me since I had never before had access to this technology at this small and compact a scale.<\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of cameras, but you know, you have to pay a lot of money to get all this tech. This was really in the palm of my hand! You could swipe through it all with the dancers, and show them exactly \u00a0where their perfect leap was, where they landed, and they could say okay, or voice their take on it, and then we could work together to adjust both lighting, effects and form, in a really collaborative way.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, it\u2019s evolved into a great way to get dancers a full-body portfolio \u2013 \u00a0to create a meaningful portfolio for a dancer in just four hours. They can have up to six different outfit changes, and in three days, I can turn around a full body of work for them, which they can then use on social media, on their websites, or to create a reel. This is their own show, more than anything, and it\u2019s a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YF6ZCFWcCmU\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Freezing Movement in Time, Photographer Tristan Pope is a Dancer\u2019s Best Friend\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Freezing Movement in Time, Photographer Tristan Pope is a Dancer\u2019s Best Friend\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-12-02T00:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YF6ZCFWcCmU\/default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YF6ZCFWcCmU\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"340\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YF6ZCFWcCmU\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>What\u2019s the toughest part and what helps you overcome that?<\/h4>\n<p>The toughest part about being a photographer is not necessarily the photography itself \u2013 it\u2019s really more about the freelancing aspect of it. When I first got started, I wasn\u2019t quite used to the idea of downtime \u2013 at any job I\u2019ve had, they always threw like five or six different projects at me at once because I\u2019m really fast at what I do. With photography, as a freelancer, I had to start building a client base, getting work assignments \u2013 there are certain times of the year where work slows down and when it picks up again, especially when you\u2019re doing your own work. The most nerve-wracking part is when you don\u2019t have a job lined up, and getting used to that, being accepting of that \u2013 there\u2019s something very depressing in not having a gig, but then you have to think, \u201cWhat else can I do during this time? How else can I transform what I\u2019m doing, or do a different project?\u201d You need to be able to embrace that downtime. When you have downtime and nothing to do, being able to just go, \u201cAlright, I don\u2019t have a job today, and that\u2019s okay\u201d \u2013 that was the hardest hurdle for me to get over. Once I got over that, I started getting more jobs because I was\u00a0<i>so<\/i>\u00a0much more comfortable with the idea of booking something in advance, or using the time that I wasn\u2019t booking gigs for other things I want to accomplish. It\u2019s a scary thing to have to conquer.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s your favorite camera to shoot with?<\/h4>\n<p>My favorite camera to shoot with is the camera that is best for the subject I\u2019m shooting. I know this might make some photographers cringe, since many photographers are very tech-oriented. I am the opposite of those photographers \u2013 I have an acting and directing background, I come from a family of singers and musicians, and so when photographers come to me and are excited about some sort of lens, I just go into brain overload mode. I know how to use my camera, and use it efficiently, but I don\u2019t harp on that. I focus on my subject, and on creating a story, and try to think about what the best method is to create that story in front of me. I ask myself, what is the best way to create that story? Is it the mobile phone that\u2019s in my pocket and is just there and ready to go? Or do I go upstairs and grab my $5,000 lens and $10,000 camera and rig it up to shoot to get the right outcome?<\/p>\n<h4>Who would you love to photograph?<\/h4>\n<p>People ask me often who would be my favorite person to shoot. I always look at the that question and never know the answer, since really, to me, my favorite person to shoot is whoever I\u2019m shooting at the moment. Whoever I\u2019m set up to shoot, I really invest all my time into them and what we have to get done together, the story we\u2019re trying to convey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2592 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-08-25-14.55.38.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-08-25-14.55.38.jpg 2650w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-08-25-14.55.38-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-08-25-14.55.38-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-08-25-14.55.38-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-08-25-14.55.38-178x134.jpg 178w\" alt=\"Superr Photographer, Tristan Pope\" width=\"392\" height=\"294\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2593 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-10-04-15.41.24-Edit.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-10-04-15.41.24-Edit.jpg 2650w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-10-04-15.41.24-Edit-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-10-04-15.41.24-Edit-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-10-04-15.41.24-Edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2016-10-04-15.41.24-Edit-178x134.jpg 178w\" alt=\"Superr Photographer, Tristan Pope\" width=\"391\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Tell us one fun fact about yourself.<\/h4>\n<p>Something that many people may not know about me is that I have a lot of different passions \u2013 photography is up there, but I don\u2019t consider myself a photographer. Whenever people ask me if I\u2019m a photographer, I always hesitate, since I feel like there\u2019s a lot of stigma attached to it: like, oh, you shoot pretty models all day. I never really associated myself as a photographer in general, but I saw this speech being given once, and the speaker was telling the audience, \u201cIf you want to be a producer, you have to wake up every single day and\u00a0<i>love<\/i>\u00a0being a producer. You have to sleep, breathe and eat it\u201d. I was listening to that and thinking that I didn\u2019t understand it, in that I don\u2019t understand what it\u2019s like to sleep, eat and breathe only\u00a0<i>one<\/i>\u00a0thing. I wake up every day and I do at least one thing that I love \u2013 that may be photography, that may be directing, that may be acting, editing a website, playing a video game \u2013 every day, I have at least one thing I\u2019m passionate about, and that really drives me as a freelancer and artist.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s one tip you\u2019d give someone who\u2019s just starting their career as a photographer?<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019re just starting out as a photographer and it\u2019s something you\u2019re really passionate about, the best advice I could give you is to shoot things that make you happy, that inspire you. What you shoot will show up in the photo itself, so if you want to be a photographer for the glamour and for fashion week, you might not end up liking what you\u2019re doing, because you\u2019ll be doing it every day. When your passion becomes a career and you start to mix the two \u2013 they don\u2019t have to clash, they can absolutely work together \u2013 but you have to absolutely love what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p>The second thing I would tell them is don\u2019t worry if you don\u2019t have thousands to spend on equipment when you\u2019re starting out. Buy one thing that you can afford that you think will best tell the story or capture the type of photos you\u2019re trying to achieve. Use your phone \u2013 every phone has a very capable camera on it these days, and if you start there and it works, with the help of social media you can get your work out there right away. You don\u2019t need to wait for any big magazines or publishers \u2013 you can publish your work and get feedback immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tristanpope.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tristan\u2019s Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tristanpope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tristan on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Book\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/superr.io\/professional\/profile\/tristan.pope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tristan on Superr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2591\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-43.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-43.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-43-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-43-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.superr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Superr-Sept17-43-178x119.jpg 178w\" alt=\"Superr Photographer, Tristan Pope\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no one way to describe Tristan Pope: New Yorker, Actor, Photographer, Emmy Award-winning director, gamer and former Blizzard Entertainment magic maker. 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