SHOTSLUGGER RAY: HIGHSCHOOL AND THE PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT SHOT

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

Jeon Seungho, known as Shotslugger Ray, started street fashion photography in 2014. He currently publishes his photos in two Korean digital fashion magazines. He has also been featured for his own style on Hypebeast. It’s most surprising to learn that this talented photographer is a 17 year old highschool student that carries his hagwon textbooks in his bag along with his gear. Let's get to know Seungho!



To start off, please introduce yourself to our readers!
Hello! My name is Jeon Seungho and I am a street fashion photographer in Korea. I started taking pictures in Garosu-gil in March 2014. I upload my photos to my personal blog and I also contribute to Musinsa. On the weekdays, I am an ordinary highschool student!

You're a highschool student!? How did you get into street photography?
Up until middle school, I was a regular student who simply had a lot of interest in fashion. When I was a freshman, some of my friends and I hung out in Garosu-gil for my birthday and suddenly a street fashion photographer approached us to take a picture. After getting my picture taken, I just thought it would be fun to take the pictures myself. So for about a month, I started shooting in Garosu-gil every weekend. I enjoyed it a lot, so I continued to take street fashion pictures ever since!

What kind of people do you photograph?
Firstly, I choose someone with a unique style that isn’t too over the top. Second, when I see someone with a very attractive and good looking face I’ll ask to take their portrait as well. The styles that attract me the most are unique, street, and classic styles.

Can you tell us a little bit about where you shoot? Why do you chose to take photos there?
In a back alley off Garosu-gil, there’s a place with a white brick wall and great lighting. Since the background is white, the focus is fully on the model. So, when there’s a model I like or someone with a beautiful face, I enjoy taking my pictures there.

Tell us about some of your favorite shots!
Most of my favorite pictures were taken during the most recent Seoul Fashion Week! Here are my top 4:


The model, Seok Danbi, visited my blog and shared the photo by her own accord on her Instagram. I am very thankful that she did that!


The blurry one in the front is model Bae JungNam, and the one behind is Daniel Snoeks. I’m not quite sure why, but I consider this one of my best shots.


This was when Jang Kiyong was becoming very popular after he appeared on a tv series. I remember having a hard time taking his picture because of the fans crowding around him. Some photographers were tripping over because of that! I feel like this picture really shows his popularity.



I personally like fun pictures as well! These two guys are street photographers too. During Seoul Fashion Week they unintentionally wore the same Supreme cap with a Raf Simons shirt so I thought it was funny.



LOTS more at the source!


SOURCE: MUTZINE

Comments

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

I love this type of photography and I would love to do something like this, because I really enjoy taking portraits and weird fashion. But I'm so shy that I could never ask a stranger if I can take a photo of them or their permission to use it afterwards. For now my friends and me have to be my models. At least my selfie game is getting really strong lol

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

i've been meaning to try street photography for about 3 years. i even bought a camera and researched lenses and all of that. i only started taking photos recently myself after interviewing a few of these photographers and hearing about how they got started and their methods. tbh go for it! having your friends model is a good start! actually for me, when i tried to shoot my friends the shots came out crappy but out in the real world~ i've ended up with better photos.

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Yes, with friends ends up being too staged and sometimes I feel more concerned to make them look good than to make an interesting photo. Now I don't have a job and I have been thinking for a time that I least should take some photos and try to convince some bars to put them in the walls to see if I sell some of them (is something kind of common where I live) to have some money. But my excessive shyness is not helping.

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

aw! well i'm rooting for you!

[oxfordowls1.livejournal.com]

I really liked reading this OP. I think photographers are so interesting and he's so young

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

:') i'll try to have more up!

[sugakookies.livejournal.com]

he's one of my faves. met him at sfw and he's also such a nice kid. such talent

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

which are your other faves? i'll try to interview a few more! ( are there female street photographers in korea is what i wanna know!)

[sugakookies.livejournal.com]

There ARE! I was too shy to go and talk to any when I was over there at events (omg the way they dress is on point it super intimidated me hahaha) but there is a definite female fashion photographer contingent. made in seoe (kim seoee) does some amazing work at fashion week :D

A couple of my other faves are (sorry I only know them by their street/sns handles): jhall street, iamaaronpark mad van, jdinkorea, 817street, real street. There's so much talent on the seoul scene right now :D :D

oh and alex finch for brit representation ;)


I was actually thinking of emailing you guys to write for you ahaha, I blog as it is and was thinking of doing a piece on LFW considering we get a lot of Korean fashion photographers/stylish korean kids attending. But yeah, keep up the great work :D

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

i'll check her work out! thanks for the links to the others. funny how even though i try to keep up with everyone there's always some that i manage to overlook.

and actually i would love a piece on LFW !! email me at gissella@mutzine.me and we can discuss some ideas!

thank you!

[slowitdownbaby.livejournal.com]

Slowly becoming obsessed with Mutzine's blog, this was a great read!
Street style photography is what I look forward to the most at SFW.

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

there's lots of crazy great stuff coming up! so plz do check back to the site, i post most things here but not always. if you didn't notice yet, i try to update on tuesdays and fridays! are you a fan of any sfw models or street photographers in particular?

[milkmp3.livejournal.com]

i love your articles so much, op!!! please keep up the great work

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

:'))) thank you!

[milkmp3.livejournal.com]

you're welcome!

[achan123.livejournal.com]

thnka 4 da read op

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

np! more fun stuff coming up :))

[v-glace.livejournal.com]

These are great pictures, and he's doing so well for someone so young!

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

i was honestly v v v v very surprised. i approached him for an interview assuming he was in his 20's. super cool kid indeed!