Wednesday, 7 August 2013

The Re-invention

Hello ladies and gents. For those who don't know me, I am Norbert Oigara, the founder of Spot-on Photoshop. When I started photography, not so long ago, I was doing it purely out of passion. I loved it. I loved it, partly because I had been using photoshop for a very long time but I didn't have a camera at that time. So I used to download images from the internet such as the one below and edit it.
Its when I got hold of my big brother's camera that I really took off(literally). I felt invincible. And I started photographing and photoshopping away. I mostly did my close friends first. And we did it as a hobby. I knew very little about photography. Actually, I knew nothing. and so long as I could photoshop, I thought things would only get better.

It has been close to 6 months now since then. I have grown wiser. I have learned that its always important to get it right in camera. There are some photos I over-edited and my friends didn't like them. They didn't have to tell me but I knew they hated them. I was making the classic mistake of putting up one bad photo after another thinking I had created master pieces. We are all human. We hold dearly to our creations and protect them jealously. Its human nature.

Over the last few months, I have come to appreciate that the photographer and the subject don't see eye to eye(pun intended). And that is where most photographers get it wrong. You can shoot a great composition according to your standards but when you present the work to a client, they go like "my nose looks big in this one". It is for this reason that I decided to re-invent myself. I am not yet there but one day I will. Overall though, I love my progress. I want to focus on portrait and to a small extent, product photography. Things like jewelery, clothing, shoes, the works. That is where my niche is. Have you seen my latest work on the former? Check it out on www.facebook.com/spotonphotoshop .

In conclusion, this is one journey am really looking forward to. Making people look awesome :). Coz its your right to look good in a photo. You paid for it after all didn't you?


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