When he was young, he told himself that one day he will become a photographer. Tamer Radwan, an Egyptian experienced photographer, started professional photography 30 years ago. His fell in love with the camera, when he used his dad’s old camera when he was just a child. Tamer started participating in online competitions in 2007 using a point-and-shoot digital camera. At first, he was shooting all types of photography. But later he found out the area that he loves, in which he can grow with; and that is landscape and architecture photography. So he began taking photographs of landscaping, portrait and street photography. How His Photography Career Developed In 2012 he started to get to be known between...
They connected their love fo photography and community, through a festival that was created by those young and aspiring photographers, who didn’t spend a cent. Mohammed joins us to talk about an experience he and his photographer friends went through. They had organized a festival in his home town in Libya to share the roots of his culture and to teach people in his community about the beauty of photography. Brainstorm your idea and then bring it to life The idea surfaced as they realized the cultural problem present in the Libyan community. People were shy of portraying their cultural clothing, as well as not familiar with the art of photography. So they came up with the idea of...
“Reminding yourself the reason you started allows you to keep fighting at the hardest moments, and if you have that purpose, you also learn to be better at your craft as you continue your purpose.” Adam Schluter, is a global portrait photographer who took more than 1000 portraits from 20 different countries while riding trains and deciding to talk to every person he met. Finding opportunities and sponsorship as a photographer Adam has a wide experience in photography, his passion led him to work with many international companies, like National Geographic, HBO, Speak Up Productions, Visual Artists Group and many more! His big break was when he reached out to a company to sponsor him to travel the whole PCH, from the southern...
“Photography is truth” is Richard’s bio caption on Instagram. Richard Ashia is a 24-year-old photographer and graphic artist from Ghana. He shares with us his key ingredient to getting inspired as a photographer. We gotta say, from scrolling through his Scopio profile, we can feel how grounded and rooted he is. He loves taking pictures of humans; in their most vulnerable states, in their comfort zone, and just make them the main subject of his photographs. But as anything else, to take good pictures, you need inspiration. How to create inspirational photography in 3 steps Richard shares with us his go-to’s for photography inspiration 1. Music Who of us doesn’t like listening to music? Whether you’re feeling sad, happy, depressed, nervous, agitated,...
The best way to get to know who you are or what type of impression you make is by meeting yourself. But that is not really possible. What if I tell you, there’s a way that almost gets you there? A way to meet yourself! That is through photography, or any type of visual art, for that matter. How many times have you looked at yourself in a picture, and realized things about your unique self that you have not seen before. When you become aware of yourself, you slowly grow self-esteem and confidence. That is beautiful! Improving Self Esteem and Confidence through Photography “Photography actually helps to improve your self-love and self-esteem.”, says Luisa Carvaja. Photography is a unique opportunity to...
