J e r e m y
Y a t e s
O n l i n e G a l l e r y
I have been passionate about capturing images since I was given my first camera at the age of six. Then in 2007 I began photographing portraits and weddings as a side career. This adventure was born solely out of the desire to create my own art and push my boundaries as a photographer. Here is a small sampling of my delve into the exciting world of professional portrait photography.
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It is said that your best camera is the one that is with you. Over the last few years I have embraced the art of mobile photography. All images here are 100% shot and edited on an iPhone.
I was recently interviewed in an article for my iPhone art.
You can read about it here.
Below is a live feed of my Instagram gallery. You can see more photos and subscribe to my Instagram feed here.
As you’ve probably guessed so far, I am an ANIMATOR and a PHOTOGRAPHER.
Animation allows me to breath life into lifeless objects. I tell stories and sculpt emotion by posing and creating movement. It has given me a very keen eye into analyzing the world around me.
Photography draws upon the same discipline by allowing me to capture life. A good portrait photographer needs two important skills – to recognize special moments and react within a split second to capture it, as well as to help recreate, when needed, peak moments that may be too difficult to capture.
Being a photographer makes me a better animator. And being an animator drives me to be a better photographer.
Lead Character Animator
2002 – Present (12+ years) Santa Monica, CA
I started work at Naughty Dog on JakII. My responsibilities balanced between animating the creatures, animating cinematics, and the hi rez print team for both Jak II and 3.
I became the lead gameplay animator on our first PS3 project, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. My responsibilities were to lead the interactive animation team, architect our animation pipeline, direct motion capture shoots, and develop our hero character, Nathan Drake.
My work continued onto Uncharted 2 where about half way through I moved on to manage the interactive cinematic team. Uncharted 2 won game of the year and our team walked away with the the prestigious award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation by the AIAS (the video game industry’s equivalent to an Oscar).
During our latest project, Uncharted 3, I merged both the interactive animation teams and lead a team of 17 animators on our most ambitious project yet. My responsibilities were to lead the team, help develop the hero character, direct a majority of our team’s motion capture shoots, animate interactive cinematics, and do my best to inspire our team to push the boundaries in interactive animation. Once again, our team was able to walk away with the award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation by the AIAS.
Photographer
Jeremy Yates Photography
June 2007 – June 2011 (4 years 1 month)
Photographed wedding, engagement, lifestyle, and children’s portraits.
Character Animator
TDRL
January 2000 – October 2002 (2 years 10 months)
My primary focus was on character animation for various animated shorts and vfx films.
VFX Artist / Character Animator
TDRL
July 1998 – June 1999 (1 year)
Digital matte paintings, character animation, modeling, texturing, lighting, compositing for various films, commercials, and a television series.
Character Animator / artist / instructor
Vision Scape Imaging
June 1997 – September 1998 (1 year 4 months)
character animation, modeling, lighting, texturing for video game cinematics. Instructor at the Lab.
Character Animator / artist
Blue Sky Software
January 1997 – June 1997 (6 months)
Lead artist on a video game project.
