Andrew A.
Andrew Amani currently lives in Los Angeles, CA and has been a passionate photographer for 10 years. Having grown up in Chicago, he still hold an adoring love affair with his Chicago Cubs and Blackhawks.
His love for photography started during a assignment at UCLA where he had to take a picture of an egg in various lighting scenarios. Getting bored with the assignment rather quickly, he decided to use a sharpy to paint a face on the egg and create a storyboard. From then on, he knew this was going to be a life long passion.
Emparejamiento automático
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV | Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 | Canon 70-200mm f/2.8
Más sobre Andrew A....
¿Qué amas de tu trabajo?
It's hard to explain what drives me or compels me to be a photographer. I just find it fascinating and enjoyable. I love the coming up with brilliant shots, I learn from not getting them, I love to learn everything about the camera and post editing work, I love it all. I don't know how to explain it. I just feel that I have a driving purpose to it. Probably because it allows me to express my creative side and live to my fullest artistic potential.
¿Qué tipos de sesiones has hecho y cómo las hiciste especiales?
I've done actor and corporate headshots. What makes them special is the lighting. For the actor, I try to give them a cinematic edge to it. Something that can be translated on the big screen or on a movie poster. For the corporate headshots, I try to help the client reinforce their brand by capturing a professional headshot that tells their potential client, "yes, me."
For my portraits, I love concept art. I love it when an artist delivers something new to the forefront of artistry and that what I try to do in everything I do.
Premios, honores y reconocimientos
I have received no awards with my photography yet.
I have received other awards for other things I have done. They are:
SCREENWRITING AWARDS
2020 - Undeveloped Script | Winner | Cabin Fever
Screenwriters and Actors of Hollywood Script Contest
2020 - Undeveloped Script | Quarter Finalist | Clowns in the Kitchen
TSL Free Screenplay Contest
2020 - Undeveloped Script | Winner | Cabin Fever
Hollywood Screenwriters & Actors Script Contest
2019 - Diversity Scholarship Recipient
Upright Citizens Brigade
2019 - Undeveloped Script | Quarter Finalist | Ethereality
Screencraft Film Fund
2018 - Best Technique | Nominated | Ethereality
Monkey Bread Tree Film Festival
2015 - Best Student Film | Winner | Sumtin' Like 'Dat
Los Angeles Film & Script Festival
2015 - Official Selection | Sumtin' Like 'Dat
Big Bear Lake International Film Festival
THEATER AWARDS
2012 - Ovation Award
Best Fight Choreography | Hearts Like Fists
Los Angeles Stage Alliance
2012 - LA Weekly Theater Award
- Best Fight Choreography | Hearts Like Fists | Theater of Note
- Best Production Design (Fight and Stunt Choreography) | Stoneface | Sacred Fools Theatre
- Production of the Year (Fight and Stunt Choreography) | Stoneface | Sacred Fools Theatre
2012 - Scenie Award
Stage Scene Los Angeles
- Best Fight Choreography | Hearts Like Fists | Theater of Note
- Best Fight Choreography | Stoneface | Sacred Fools Theatre
2001 - Founder's Award
Society of American Fight Directors
Best Unarmed Fight
2001 - Examiner's Award for Excellence
Society of American Fight Directors
Hand-to-Hand Combat | Rapier & Dagger | Broadsword
ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1999 - 2-Man Beach Volleyball Tournament Champion | Professional Division
Chicago Sport & Social Club
1998 - 2-Man Beach Volleyball Tournament Champion | Professional Division
Whale of Spike
1997 4-Man Beach Volleyball Tournament Champion | Professional Division
Chicago Sport & Social Club
1986 - Gold Medal | Ice Hockey | Team USA
Asian Games
Un dato curioso sobre este fotógrafo
I am actually a prince. A real prince. My grandmother was part of the Indonesian Royal Family but was excommunicated when she met, fell in love with and married my Grandfather who was a dutch commoner. I've been trying to get in touch with them but they won't return my phone calls.
I grew up on the Northside of Chicago. It wasn't quite the suburbs but it's close enough to still be considered a wussy neighborhood.
To this day, I still hold the record for the most trades made by "New Member" on his first day of trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Subsequently, I also hold the record for the most money lost by a "New Member" on his first day of trading.
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