Photographer Chalese Jefferson did shoot for rapper

Brockton — Twenty-a single-yr-old Chaylese Jefferson, a community Brockton photographer, boarded a 6-hour flight to California, by no means understanding what the other facet of the region had in retailer for her. 

What was waiting for her was a life-switching possibility of shooting for 42 Dugg, an Atlanta rapper recognized for his track “We Paid out,” that includes Lil Toddler.

If you instructed Jefferson three years ago when she started out getting photos for enjoyment that 1 day she would operate for 42 Dugg, she would’ve laughed hysterically.

“When I went to California, I thought I was heading to get the job done with a modest artist. I in no way imagined I would be in a mansion shooting for 42 Dugg and creating at the rear of the scenes b-roll from his new music online video,” Jefferson reported of the excursion in July 2020.

Jefferson was introduced to 42 Dugg’s administration team by networking with area California photographers and videographers. As a result, they introduced her on board to bring new and fresh concepts to the inventive process.

Images and video productions are a pastime for the youthful entrepreneur, but she hopes to make it a full-time job out of it.

Even though attending Brockton Superior University, Jefferson was place in a online video production class by accident but remained in the elective. Her appreciate for movie grew immensely and her operate performed a significant element in the online video amusement at BHS for the 2017 senior class.

Jefferson’s in depth substantial faculty resume features directing faculty Dubsmash tunes videos, supporting with the choreography, shooting a number of requires of the students’ songs videos and enhancing them collectively for the online video yearbook.

Immediately after graduating from BHS in 2017, Jefferson took her eagerness to learn to the College of Massachusetts Amherst to go after a mass interaction degree.

In 2020 she graduated early from school and pondered what’s up coming?

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Jefferson had worked for Brockton Public Schools for two decades as a substitute instructor and did freelance pictures on the facet.

Then, she made a decision to extend her organization, Shot By Chaylese, by opening a studio in Brockton found at 1 Centre St.

Now Jefferson is a full-time wellness trainer at Ashfield Middle Faculty and carries on to improve and broaden her business by presenting pleasurable and new expert services at a portion of the value ofo what other photographers would ordinarily charge, she explained.

“Not every spouse and children in Brockton can pay for a $1,000 photo booth. I test to operate with my clients to make my solutions very affordable and obtainable to all, no make any difference the funds,” Jefferson explained. 

Shot By Chaylese presents photo booths for lease, unique occasion photoshoots, videography work, party recap videos and the preferred spinning gradual movement photo booth. 

This yr, some of her highs were starting to be a house owner, a certified wellness teacher, and practising her favourite hobby, photography.

Jefferson channels her motivation from her father, who died when she was in the fourth grade. Her father Clifton Jefferson was a soccer coach in Brockton and taught her several classes that she nonetheless makes use of to this working day. 

“My minimal brother Corey was two months previous when he handed absent. I try to remember telling my father at 9 years old when he was in the healthcare facility on his deathbed that I would educate my brother every thing he taught me and how my father was just a pleasurable-loving person who everyone cherished,” Jefferson reported.

“My mother is the strongest girl I know, and I viewed her go by that hard time and do an remarkable occupation raising us,” Jefferson stated.