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Framing His Life
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2021/03 – March | Photograph By: Dylan Lytle
For photographer Dylan Lytle, capturing the drama embedded within the Wild Places lies at the heart of his art.
Show photographer Dylan Lytle (rhymes with vital) a vista or a landscape, and he’ll capture its aesthetic.
More than that…he’ll nail it.
At a mere 21 years of age, that’s pretty darn impressive. Even more impressive, while his family solidly supports his full-time work as a photographer, not one of them has a background in the arts. Dylan simply fell in love with landscapes in high school, all on his own.
Now, four years later he’ll walk miles of rugged terrain just to capture a perfect moment where the light is exquisite and the composition divine.
Divine is the key word here, for it’s elemental to his choice of vocations. He works for Community Bible Church as a video and still photographer. That spiritual pull extends to his wife and home, his family, and the land of Western Carolina.
His favorite shooting spot is Linville Gorge. That’s where he proposed to his wife. Places like Linville become ‘scapes with stories to tell.
He’s a solo artist, going on his quests accompanied only by his SLR digital. But in the not-too-distant future he and his wife plan on going to the Pacific Northwest several times a year to capture the seasonal shifts.
To set his visual stage, he employs unusual angles, bokeh or blur in fore- or background to accentuate the focal point, and atmospherics. Drama, shadow and light are important to him, but he keeps things natural-looking…no super-exaggeration is added in the editing suite.
Dylan feels blessed with his talent. He enjoys sharing it with adults and children. He was teaching before 2020 and looks forward to resuming that when Covid is no longer a threat.
Preserving the pristine forests and vistas is important to Dylan.
He says, “I am really big on land conservation. Another reason I like the photography is to show how beautiful the area is. Seeing it helps people appreciate and respect it.”
To see more of Dylan’s work, visit dylanlytlephotography.com or Dylan Lytle Photography on Facebook, or Lytle Photography on Instagram.
