Spencer Stephens Photography
SPENCER STEPHENS
Photographer, technologist, traveler.
Spencer grew up in London when it was still in black and white. He has traveled a lot to places that are too dangerous to visit now. He moved to California for the colour.
He doesn't like electronic view finders. After he went digital, had to re-learn the discipline needed to shoot with film. He says his pictures are better now than they ever were.
He splits his time between Los Angeles and England's Lake District. In LA time is measure in nanoseconds, in the Lake District it is measured in seasons.
Spencer has worked at the intersection of technology and media & entertainment for three decades. He has worked in technology and production at three major Hollywood studios.
He is a member of WGAw, SAG-AFTRA, ASC (associate member), NPPA, RPS and BAFTA.
"Photography for me is about the feeling I had about the subject of the picture. It's that feeling that I want you to have when you look at my pictures.
Sometimes I am successful but I still succumb to taking a picture because I'll think it'll look neat.
I am now working primarily shooting in black and white using Nikon picture control profiles and post processing that replicates darkroom techniques.
Being a technologist, it has been difficult to resist having the latest camera with the highest specs. But that's not what my photography is about. The picture itself is as much about texture as it is resolution, colour or tone.
To slow myself down, I've started shooting on film again using a Nikon FM2, a Zeiss Ikoflex TLR and a Minox B.
Contact Spencer at info@spencer.photography