Back in February of 2023 I was watching random Instagram Reels and I came across this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoXT0r4MFGm/
I started digging in and I really loved this guys excitement for his recently-discovered passion for film photography. His laughter was infectious and I wasn’t the only one noticing - his Instagram feed was blowing up.
I discovered that he lived relatively close by down in the Boston area, so I reached out to him and said if he ever wanted to come up to the studio in Nashua I’d love to chat with him and let him know there are others out there that share the same excitement for photography.
He snatched that offer right up and he made a plan to come up during a Saturday and hang out.
Levi is a ball of energy. He’s trying really hard to be a content creator and he’s doing a good job. His passion and his attitude is super infecting and you can see how he just makes other people want to be around him, and, most importantly, he’s inspiring people to get into photography, which is freaking awesome.
We hung around the studio for a bit - me just asking questions about how it got into photography and hearing the fantastic story of his great-grandfather leaving some film cameras behind (included a fantastically weathered Leica M3 droool) and everything just started to click.
Then I had him get in front of the lights here at the studio and we made some portraits before heading outside to go for a little photo walk.
We then got our coats on and hopped out into the chilly February air to walk downtown, make some photographs and nab some lunch
He was a ball of laughs to be around and I think we hit it off pretty well. We’ve been keeping in touch and I’ve attended a few photo walks down in the Boston area that he’s part of.
He made a video of the first part of our afternoon together and you can see it here:
Give him a follow on Instagram - he’s a fantastic guy and I’m really looking forward to more photo adventures with him.
AND follow him on Youtube, where he just posted his first long-length content: https://www.youtube.com/@cyr-redcrossphotography2786/featured