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Finishing University
My last week. This week is my last week at University. I have been studying photography for about two years now doing the course part time, really taking my time to soak up as much as I can throughout the course. As I write this I am sitting at my desk working on my final ever assessment, well trying to anyway.
By Nathan Britton5 years ago in Photography
Pakistan’s Youngest Photographer
There have been heaps of field where ladies are kissing the feet of accomplishment and winning name and popularity. The vast majority of the ladies have moving stories behind their prosperity and enthusiasm. A young girl who started off with professional photography at the age of 13 in the early 2007's despite confronting all sorts of cultural obstruction. Fatimah realized that disappointment and obstruction can never stop her from getting her, acquire her energy and goal throughout everyday life. Her difficult work and endeavours of day and night certainly took care of her. Her life experienced a ton of difficulties and inconsistencies however she let nothing thwart her from accomplishing her enthusiasm for photography. She began photography at an extremely youthful age and at fifteen years old she, at last, understood that it was catching minutes that was her actual intrigue. Her mom upheld her enthusiasm by buying her a DSLR that was her first accomplishment to seek after photography as her field of intrigue. Fatima positively is an effective and enthusiastic movie producer and picture taker who got an opportunity to stroll in Cannes Festival in 2016 with Ashwariya Rai and Deepika Padukone. Through her serious and extreme enthusiasm for photography, she has made her name through Bollywood and Hollywood also. Fatimah presently lives in Islamabad yet she visits NYC frequently for work. Fatimah is known for motivation for the youthful understudies like her and thusly she has got solicitations frequently from various acclaimed colleges to talk as a "persuasive visitor".
By S. Hussain5 years ago in Photography
Marketing Strategies for Photographers
There are many arguments on the Internet about what makes up a “professional” photographer. People say you need this skill or that skill. Or that you need to have top-end equipment. Some even say that you have to shoot in a certain mode or style to be a professional.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
What Is Stock Photography?
What is Stock Photography? Open up any magazine and flip through it, looking at the pictures. Unless it is a picture of a specific product being advertised or a specific person that was photographed as part of an article or ad, it is a stock photograph. Do the same for websites. As you can see 95% of all images used for commercial purposes (and to a lesser degree for editorial) are stock photographs.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
How to Start a Stock Photography Business
When I was shooting film, back in the 1980s, I tried stock photography. But it didn’t take much research, which was also more difficult then, to discover that the time and cost involved made it a non-starter for me. You had to print and label hundreds of slides, mail them to various agencies, and then hope.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
Why I Photograph Boudoir Portraits
The history of men and women in western culture doesn't exude equality, and in recent years the women's empowerment movement has picked up quite a bit of steam. Between the rise of greater equality between men and women in heterosexual homes from household duties to responsibilities with children and positions of leadership, western society is getting the picture--women are important.
By Justin Mikkelsen5 years ago in Photography
My hometown
Greetings, my name is Gerald Kokra and I am 26 years old. The story about my hometown is full of colors, authenticity, and uniqueness. But, before I go further into it let me first properly introduce myself, and what it is that I do. I am a freelance photographer based in the Bronx ( NYC). I love documentary, portrait, and fashion photography. I would define my style as realism, which is the main reason why I still shoot film these days. The accuracy, and translation to moods and colors are astonishing. My introduction to photography was actually quite a long journey, growing up I was always attracted to art. By the time I was 16 years of age living in Abidjan I started playing the guitar, but I did not have enough money to afford a camera so I would browse the internet to look at photographs or buy magazines and sit for hours looking at the beauty behind them. The idea of being a photographer or working in the art world always resonated, but considering the circumstances of my culture it was impossible to do so back then. Being a photographer in Abidjan wasn't taken seriously, people were often mocked for being broke or just not taken seriously at all. I left my hometown in 2011, after a political war/conflict. I have fled to France and later came to the United States of America. Fast forward to the year 2018, exactly in August after my mom passed I realized that life was too short to sleep on my dreams so I decided to pursue photography. It has been a very rough, long but extremely exciting journey. I have made it a mission to make it more acceptable in my society to be an Artist, especially for kids wanting to pursue a photography career. I have a strong desire to have my work exhibited and shown across the globe one day to inspire and motivate those who don't believe that it's possible to still make their dreams a reality. One of my biggest ambitions once becoming an established photographer would be to have workshops available wherever I could for kids who have no means to afford classes but are wanting to learn. My project "ABJ" has a heavy sentimental value to me as it was my first time returning home as a photographer.
By Gerald kokra5 years ago in Photography
