IG Inspiration: @michellenicoloff

Instagram Inspiration: @michellenicoloff

If water shots could kill, I think we'd all be dead at the hands of Michelle Nicoloff's images. With over 11,000 followers, I'm obviously not the only one to agree. Although I am not positive of her location (if anyone does know it, let me know!), I believe she lives somewhere in California.

Nicoloff has such a way of capturing all the different components that being in the water represents. She catches the sun glistening off the top layer, she catches the mountains and the clouds in the distance, and she takes you up close and personal with the water. A good majority of the time her images make you feel as if you too, are in the water! I love them, I love how she positions her camera, and I love her. I am forever looking forward to the images she's about to post and I hope you guys do too!

Check out her tumblr here!

IG Inspiration @jaredchambers

Instagram Inspiration: @jaredchambers

Jared Chambers is a photographer from Los Angeles, CA.

Jared's photos encompass this dreamy quality that make it hard to look away. They're more than photos but even stories, something that makes me imagine what could possibly be going on when the camera isn't around. He's compositionally ridiculous and as far as color tones in images go, he's flawless. 

You can contact him here or check out his tumblr! 

IG Inspiration @adamjoelsmith

Instagram Inspiration: @adamjoelsmith

Adam Joel Smith is an iphone-only photographer who focuses on his children. His instagram deems "an amateur attempt at a rousing round of Picture Pages. I photograph my kids a lot because they're basically the extent of my friend base. iPhone only."

I love the dramatics behind the photos of his kids. To me, each one makes such a profound statement of these moments in the kids lives that we might have all once had ourselves. Sitting on the stairs, that one image reminded me so much of being a kid listening to my parents talk at night. I loved Adam's staircase image and the viewpoint in which he took it so much that it inspired me to take this one! 

Check out this article on him by the Poopsie Collective!  

IG Inspiration @darrenerbe

Instagram Inspiration: @darrenerbe

Darren Erbe is a twenty-three-year old iPhone-only photographer based in New Jersey. He advocates the hashtags #chasingfog and his own polaroid-based #roidagram and he even has a whole separate black&white instagram! 

I love the moods that Darren is able to capture, as if the tones in the air swing his way whenever he takes a shot! I love the way he photographs fog the most, it makes me see such beauty in something I used to consider to be so dismal. 

You can see his blog here, or his flickr, or contact him darrenerbe90@aol.com.

IG Inspiration @durty2shoes

Instagram Inspiration: @durty2shoes

@durty2shoes is an iPhone-only instagrammer (over 24k followers!) named Devin that mainly focuses on exploring abandoned buildings. He brings a life to the uninhabited and I love his shots. He kicked off the #AMPt_abandon for the AMPtcommunity.com website. 

Take a look below and go check his instagram or his tumblr!
(and if anyone knows his location, let me know so I can add it to his label)