Check out Timothy Eyrich’s Artwork

Today we’d like to introduce you to Timothy Eyrich.

Timothy, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
Photography is something I have always been interested in from as long as I can remember. I would carry around my grandfather’s old Minolta film camera and shoot only black and white film. Ilford 3200 to be exact. I loved the gritty feel from that film and the way it would give the photos a raw emotional tone to them. As time went on, I started photographing weddings for friends but only behind the scenes, never the primary photographer. One day at my day job I ran into a photographer who ran his own wedding studio, we got to talking and I ended up working for him as an associate. This was my first real foray into the world of wedding photography and I loved it. Here I am years later, still doing it.

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I am a wedding photographer. I love the feel from weddings the environment. The challenges. I always tell people it’s like an office job where you go to work and do the same thing every day, but different. The flow and the expectations are the same, but the people, the music, the locations, the cultures, are always different. I like to consider myself a storyteller. When people look at my images, I want them to feel the emotion of the day, to feel like they are there. I want them to feel like they are looking into a scene from a movie and from that tiny scene be whisked away into the bride and groom’s world for just a moment. My work is raw, emotional and in your face.

What do you know now that you wished you had learned earlier?
Seek out other artists who do what you would like to be doing. Join groups be active. Ask for criticism and be able to take it without getting your feelings hurt. Stop listening and believing when your friends and family tell you that your work is great (it’s not) they will only keep you from growing and being the best artist, you can be. Ask people who know what they are talking about and can help you get better. Find one or two artists whose work you admire and study it, obsess over it.

A lesson I wish I would have learned earlier is to find a mentor. There is only so much you can learn on your own and most of that isn’t what’s important. A mentor who is successful in the field you want to get into is the best thing you can do for yourself when you are starting out.

Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
My website is www.timothyeyrichphotography.com. My Instagram is www.instagram.com/timothyeyrich. My Facebook is Timothy Eyrich Photography.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.timothyeyrichphotography.com
• Phone: 240-393-9269
• Email: timothy@timothyeyrichphotography.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/timothyeyrich
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Timothyeyrichphotography/

Image Credit:
Timothy Eyrich Photography

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