Your Full Name
Mckay Jaffe
Tell us about you
I’m 24. I like waking up at 3pm. I like driving at 4am. I am a amateur photographer, and a professional server. If I could reverse my level of expertise on those two I would be happy. I’m fairly poor most of the time, and fairly positive most of the time. I sleep on a sleep number bed that I don’t like. I drink fruit punch and root beer together. I eat too much. I go to bed too little.
I watch a lot of movie and spend too much time checking the internet for whether people are paying attention to me or not, other then that my life has been just like yours…only more interesting.
If you have a bachelor degree/education background; what is it?
No. I dropped out of college. Best education I ever got.
Where are you located?
Surprise, Arizona
Tell us about your unique style and the creative process behind it?
I don’t know if I have a style. A lot of people say that I do and such, but I feel like it changes too much and that I am not consistent in my photography.
I suppose it keeps it interesting, but it does make me feel like I don’t have a type of style that I can pin point.
As far as the creative process goes, that is just being alive and living my life and turning experiences into ideas in a photography, I can’t really explain it further then that without sounding like I have no idea what I am actually talking about.
What drove you to become a photographer?
I was scared to lose memories. So I bought a camera.
How do you promote/sell/showcase your work?
I don’t really. I try but am very unsuccessful. I show mostly on deviantart and Modelmayhem.
Do you work better at night or in the morning? Why?
Night. Everyone is asleep.
What is your strength as a photographer compared to others in the industry?
Ideas. Lots and lots of weird silly ideas. And the ability and drive to make them happen I suppose.
Who is a photographer that you look up to? Why so?
Any of them who do it for a living because I’m jealous!
What is your dream assignment that you want to do? Tell us a bit more about it.
I just want someone to give me a budget to make my photos. I do a lot of my concepts with a very small amount of money or time allowed. I feel that if someone gave me a budget to make concept photography of my own bidding, that I could do concepts that would be wonderful and inspiring and change little kids from doctors into poor painters.
What do you think about the Internet and how it is affecting the visual communication business?
The internet is deadly and should be killed. It is increasing visual communication to the point of being a factor in every decision a human being makes. Good times. Surely someone like me who produces visual communication would not like a tool that allows us to produce more visual communication. yea so the internet is the devil.
If you can only shoot one object for the rest of your life, what object would that be? Why?
I would quit photography.
What is your motto in life?
I Must Be Dead
Name 3 of your favorite (art) books/ magazines.
Entertainment weekly. Vogue. and Jpg MAg.
What is your definition of a great photographer?
When you can make someone fall in love with your pictures rather then just glance at them, say they are pretty, then forget them minutes later. Love.
Where do you get your inspirations from?
Media. Life. Waking up and going to the store. Waking up and sitting inside. Being conscious, which most people forget they are I would say.
What do you like the sound of? Why so?
Rain, the ocean, hummingbirds, kisses at sunset, and an ATM machine dispensing money.
If you have online portfolio, what is the URL?
Imustbedead.com
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