Today we’d like to introduce you to Alyssa Brooke.
Alyssa, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
8 years ago, I started out as a sports journalist and found that as much as I loved the power of writing stories, I was passionate about the photographs of people that accompanied them. I felt those images brought another level of depth to the stories, equally powerful and significant. So, there began my journey into photography! After years of it remaining on the side a hobby and serving my friends by photographing and documenting their moments, I decided to intern with a local wedding photographer because I felt a call to use this passion to serve people and learn the skills I needed to do so. Along the way, I fell in love with traveling to new places, connecting with people, listening to their incredible stories, and photographing them for who they are.
Now two years later, here I am! A full-time wedding photographer, traveling around the world connecting with the most incredible people and photographing their stories, and I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else! In addition to photographing weddings and working with couples, I have a huge passion for humanitarian work with education and empowerment in third world countries. I work with non-profits capturing the stories of the children and families they are serving through photography and videography.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
It took me so long to call myself a photographer, let alone an artist and I still struggle with it because at the end of the day, it’s not about me. Yes, I am an artist. Yes, I am a photographer but more than that, I’m just a person who care a whole dang lot about my couples or my “subjects” as one might call them. While yes, I strive for excellence in every photo and giving my couples the best photos, they could ever want, I strive even more for their photograph to truly reflect who they are and not what I envision or what looks best. To me, the meaning and moment behind the photo matters far more than the perfection or the composition or the quality. I hope that my photos truly reflect the personalities, hearts, and moments of my people so that down the road, their photographs truly tell the story of their lives.
What responsibility, if any, do you think artists have to use their art to help alleviate problems faced by others? Has your art been affected by issues you’ve concerned about?
We have the opportunity to use our talents to change the world. Art has such emotional ties as there’s always a deeper meaning and emotion behind the piece, whether it’s a painting, or book or photograph. Being able to use that to connect with the people in this world and raise awareness for issues is a powerful thing.
I’m even more inspired to be intentional with every photograph I take making it more meaningful and moving in an emotional way. I want there to be a response from every photograph. Whether that is to love harder, connect with loved ones more, find healing, live more fully, use their voice for good, whatever it is. I want my art to never end with being my art, but someone’s story, someone’s voice, someone’s soul.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
You can check out my work online here at www.alyssabrookephotography.com and www.instagram.com/alyssabrookephoto
Contact Info:
- Website: www.alyssabrookephotography.com
- Phone: 7605607828
- Email: alyssabrookephoto@gmail.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/alyssabrookephoto
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/alyssabrookephoto
Image Credit:
Alyssa Brooke Photography
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