Student Union - Nick Briggs
Barry Tanenbaum, December, 1999
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© 1999, Nick Briggs, All Rights Reserved
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Nick Briggs
East Union High School
Manteca, California
Goal. “I
think photography will continue to be the family business.”
The Business.
“I started going along on wedding shoots with my dad about eight
years ago when I was 9 years old. Pretty soon I was holding the slave
flash for him and from there things progressed until I had a camera
in my hands. Now I shoot my own weddings--the bookings come through
my dad, but I have a book of my own work to show, and I hire friends
from high school as assistants.”
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Why Weddings?
“I love the atmosphere--people are always happy at weddings, and
I like taking pictures of people who are smiling. I like to tell stories
with my photos, from start to finish, and make a storybook out of the
pictures.”
Equipment. Nikon
N90s, N8008s, SB-24 and 26 flash units; Quantum battery packs with Medalight
slave units.
Currently. Senior
at East Union High School; weekend wedding photographer.
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Photo Education. “I
was a yearbook photographer in my sophomore year in high school, but my
education in photography has come from my dad and from myself, my own
trial and error.”
Future. “I’m
pretty active in my youth group--I’ve done a lot of photography
for them--and through that association I’ve been offered a four-year
scholarship to study at a university in Japan. I’ll have my choice
of major, and I’m going to choose photography.”
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