Made it to Austin

Hello all,

Made it to Austin, TX. With a heavy heart but a laser focus. One of my best and dearest friends passed on to the other side during my transition from the Northeast to the South. Still processing the loss, and adjusting to grief. Ryan was a life long friend and a mentor in the early stages of my photography career. Many life firsts happened in his precense. I still can’t accept the fact that I will never again get to send him an early edit of a photo for his approval, and words of encouragement. Or to laugh to tears from his one-of-a-kind sense of humor.

However, my greif is juxtaposed with the elation of being in a new city, and my last city in the United States before we move full-time and permanently to Japan. I am excited for a new chapter and look forward to the shift in visuals and life perspective that this move will bring. My creative brain ceases to thrive in a monotonous environment. The change has already blown new wind into these tattered sails. I will share some photos in the coming week.

On the Move

Hello All,

Status update here. After nearly two years of riding out the pandemic: I am leaving Burlington, Vermont. I have chosen Austin, Texas as the next destination. I will continue to work and finish out school there over the next year. After a brief period, I will be permanently relocating to Japan. With my sights set on Tokyo as a starting point. Once there I hope to work and save enough to purchase a small home in the Kansai area.

I have been busy with photography the last few weeks, and feel reinvigorated. I remain steadfast in my pursuits and craft, and I will post some of what I have been working on over the next week or two. Thanks for reading and I hope this finds you all well.

-Matt

Mulling Over Next Moves

Hello All,

It’s been a little bit of time since I have posted on here. I have been living in Burlington, Vermont for that last few months with my wife. We left Massachusetts because I can never spend more than a year there without growing tired of the area. This is likely due to the fact that I have spent 19 out of my 36 years on this earth there in some capacity. So, we decided to pack up and head north. This is the 3rd time I have lived in the Burlington area and it has always treated me well. The people of Vermont are mostly friendly and accepting. However, as a photographer and a media professional the options are limited. Due to this I believe that my time here will be coming to a close relatively shortly. The summer time in Burlington is a blissful, and shire-like experience that I will be pleased to enjoy one last time. However, the winters are particularly brutal. I don’t know how many times I have to swear off northeast winters before it finally sticks. One of the reasons I moved up to this place initially was to spend time with my best friend from childhood. I snapped a portrait of him at an Alex Cameron concert a few weeks back. Thanks for reading.

A Peaceful Retreat?

I came back to the Berkshires, where I grew up, about 3 months ago and have slowly been toiling away taking photos of the place that helped raise and shape me for 20 of my 34 years.

I plan to take as many photos as I can while I am here as I fear this may be the last time I am here for an extended period of time. As some of you may know it has been my intention for some time to permanently relocate to Japan; because of this desire and the current pandemic.

However, I am taking my time while I am here. I plan to share my photos from in and around the Berkshires weekly here on my site. Stay tuned for more next week.

Real Change

Looking for Shelter.

A Real Change

Real Change is a local news publication that assists houseless/low income individuals in getting back on their feet by providing them with a job selling their newspaper and in return they get to keep a generous percentage of their total individual sales.

Costing just $2 a piece for the paper it's a worthy contribution to make and I truly beleive that it does make a Real Change as the name indicates.
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Shoot with Chance. 3/22/18

Went out today for an exciting shoot with the Sony Gmaster 85mm 1.4 on a Sony Alpha A7RIII and model Chance Boley down into the International District here in Seattle. I am currently sorting through the images, and will be posting them staggered here and there on Instagram @matthewrstuber. Keep an eye out!

-Matt.