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AJ Young

@ajyoungdp

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Director of Photography - ICG Local 600
Feature Films: D(e)ad, Somewhere in Montana • Editorial: Vanity Fair, GQ, Wired, Rolling Stone
Los Angeles, CA

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Thrilled to share frames from @somewhereinmontana! This movie was a blast to shoot with an incredible cast and crew.

I’m so happy for the film to play in theatres this fall. Congrats, everyone!

Something special about this film, we shot entirely on the @rapido.technologies RAM-16 lenses, specially the Cinelux 2x anamorphic paired with the Helios 44-2 and Jupiter 9 lenses.

Thank you, @2020camera_rental for hooking us up!

#Cinematography #Filmmaking #Cinema #Indiefilm taken in Polson, Montana by @ajyoungdp

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2 years ago

Frames from the feature film @d.e.admovie , coming to theatres over the next month. Tell your local theatre to book it!

This was one of my favorite movies to shoot; everyday felt like a gift. The best cast and crew! Thank you:

Dir: @theclaudialonowrapaport
Writer/Star: @iz_ball
Producers: @juliannedowler @edellorso
Exec Producers: Jonathan Schmock @brennanleemulligan
Associate Producer: @morganalexisrutter
Dir’s Asst: @ishmabel

Starring:
Izzy!
@vicmmic
Claudia!
@mrcraigbierko
@nickamarini
Jonathan!
Mark Lonow
JoAnne Lonow
@zacoyama
@eddiepep

1st AD: @luisamnovo
2nd AD: @kbax22
Key PA: @gpalm79

DP: @ajyoungdp
1st AC: @youthcultura
2nd AC: @_miss.behaving_
Utilities: “Seth, send me that list again! I screwed up the post!”
Additional 1st AC: @indiaroselausterer
Gaffer: @sean499
Key Grip: @marcelinastardust
BB G/E: @cheddarpapi

Production Designer: @fernanda_cabarcos13
Set Dresser: Ava Contreras

HMU: @jessicavergon

Costume Designer: @alaynamlicardi

Script Supervisor: Amanda Martin

Sound Mixer: Calla Reyes
Boom Operator: @bman324

Editor: @jacquelynmariele
Color: @mesgen.gebremeskel

#cinematography #indiefilm #filmmaking #comedy taken in Los Angeles, California by @ajyoungdp

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a year ago

I had a blast shooting the film “Exodus”, when I first knew it as ”Noise and Color”, for director Logan Stone. This movie cemented my love for anamorphic.

Shout out to @cameraambassador for providing our camera package!

#Filmmaking #Cinematography #Anamorphic #R3D by @ajyoungdp

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5 months ago

Week one done for the feature film “Find Me Again”!

A tiny and mighty crew with an excellent cast. The @nikonusa ZR is punching well above its weight. Microbudget features are fun because they feel and remind me of French new wave filmmaking.

Shout out to @tomhuangfilm for steering this ship like a true captain, @jacksonkweber whom we’d be nowhere without, @randykulina keeping us together behind the scenes, @marcelinastardust and @derekfisher_dp for gaffing out of a CRV, and an incredible cast: Jasmine Munoz, Joe Gordon, and @rhieddecastro

The team at @orbitalvirtualstudios were beyond professional and helpful. Hit them up!

#filmmaking #nikonzr #indiefilm #microbudget taken in Los Angeles, California by @ajyoungdp

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20 days ago

@vanityfair, @archdigest, @epicurious, @glamourmag and so many more brands are on Netflix now, which isn’t a sentence I expected to write about editorial work.

Years of it. Amazing talent, ninety minutes, whatever room we were given.

@jackiedirects @kristen.bo.bisten @realsamdennis @emebeitbeyene @sjdacanay @segmutton @gigi.chavarria @kaliyawarren @nicky_sox @lucasvilicich @oliver_lukacs @marcelinastardust @youthcultura @marissahigh @juliejulielopez @rhyan_lark @thenoeljean @sydneymalone @paigey.png @emhymes @gbellzie @jameerpond @that1movie @ellarixruffel and I’m running out of room to tag people, but the list goes on and on — thank you, all of you.

#Filmmaking #Netflix #NowStreaming by @ajyoungdp

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2 months ago

Work and life for the past few weeks.

Thanks for the laughs, @netflixisajoke fest! What an experience to shoot.

#SetLife #Filmmaking #YesWeGotADog taken in Los Angeles, California by @ajyoungdp

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5 months ago

The guns of “Exodus”, also known as “Noise and Color”. Fun fact, one was an airsoft and one was rubber.

#Filmmaking #Cinematography #Anamorphic by @ajyoungdp

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5 months ago

Some of the awesome and most varied locations we had on “Exodus”, also known as “Noise and Color”.

#Filmmaking #Cinematography #Anamorphic #R3D by @ajyoungdp

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5 months ago

I was very lucky to shoot some of @archdigest’s Love Letters to LA with some amazing people in front and behind the camera. What a wonderful experience. Thank you, AD and team!

#Cinematography #LosAngeles #architecture #SetLife taken in Los Angeles, California by @ajyoungdp

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6 months ago

Photo dump of work BTS and life BTS for the past few months.

#setLife #realLife #filmmaking taken in Los Angeles, California by @ajyoungdp

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6 months ago

New work for @gq

I had a great team help me shoot this interview with @jayz about his legendary career. @the_summerman was a true pro.

Our director, Nick Collett, wanted our lighting to feel like it’s an intimate conversation in a photography studio with a sky light.

We used three fantastic @schmidlibackdrops for our set up while gaffer @that1movie and key grip @dczaczyk rigged up an excellent key light: 4x naked litemat 4’s pointed straight down through a 12’ full grid diffusion. That was our only source of light, nothing else.

Camera team helped us so much! Three cheers for cam ops @mike_maliwanag and @brooke_muellerrrr. We also would be completely lost if it wasn’t for our ac @mollyfarrellwhite.

The GQ team is my favorite and I always love working with @realsamdennis, @kristen.bo.bisten, and Nick. (Does he have an Instagram?!)

Thank you thank you thank you, @hollography and @fernando.barajas !!!!

Expert audio captured by @gloisblue by @ajyoungdp

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7 months ago

Huge congratulations to the @somewhereinmontana for winning Best Drama at the annual @filmthreat @awardthis awards! Well deserved win for @family_man_91 and @edenbryantphotography for all the hard work they put into this film and OF COURSE to the entire cast and crew.

For fun, here are some photos from the shoot!

#cinematography #indiefilm @rapido.technologies #filmmaking taken in The Frida Cinema by @ajyoungdp

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9 months ago