DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Documentary photography s an important method of recording history, it makes photography one of the most important methods of documentation of people, events and feelings, both historical and in the present day.

Documentary enables us to SHARE AND COMMUNICATE___it's a language that enables us to speak and share what we find beautiful to others.

Documentary makes us an ARTIST__it allows us to express ourselves through art form, at moments of great sorrow or joy everyone can create something different for one reason or the other.

Documentary is a LANGUAGE__Everyone speaks different language with photograph, images can express sorrow or joy, we also can find human emotion in photography. It gives us a language to express feelings for which no words can find.

BE PHOTOGRAPHIC, BE CREATIVE, BE PASSIONATE.

PHOTOGRAPHY VIEW

The way I see things might be different from yours, we all have our opinions and no one should condemn us.

Photography for me means a lot and that "a lot" comes with passion and crazitivity. If you can't be creative and crazy then you can't be a photographer.

Even in the days of analog it deals with thinking and thinking , its not easy to look through the EYECUP then adjust adjust the lens and capture something, its not also easy to sit on the system and edit something nice.

Whatever your subject matter might be ,you need a lot of sense to determine the outlook of that image .

I love to photograph because they speak a language, they tell you something , they send a signal, whatever it is keep discovering you ,keep learning , keep upgrading , don't stop , don't get tired , love your camera as you do love yourself , cherish every moments .

BE PHOTOGRAPHIC, BE CREATIVE, BE PASSIONATE.
DOUYE MERCY
CEO LIBRAFOTOGRAPHY

MONEY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Mercy I want to go into photography because there's money in photography, yes there is but......and she interrupted no but.

She wants to go into photography because of money not because  of her passion for it. Many of us put money first and forget about the basics, no wonder we have many incompetent people around.

In my own view I believe passion is the Paramount{ passion will enable you to take every necessary risk, take the insults and stress}.

A man might have the money to start a business but might lack business strategies and tomorrow he claims its the witch from his village.

Wisdom is the principal thing and in all get understanding, she want to venture into photography not because she as passion for  it but she believes am making money{smile}.

Dear friends, yea the aim of every business is to make money but in this journey I have paid dues, I remembered when I go for events with colleagues free of charge, I beg for exposure, I volunteered, I went through stress many times with my own money, do you know what kept me going? Its called PASSION.

Passion won't kill  you, it will make you and urge you to continue don't just sit there and assume someone is making money and now you want to make money , you don't know what they have passed through or what they're passing through.

Until you stop putting money first and get to know the key things, critical success factors, business and market analysis then you're on your own, however it's a free world if you want to be a photographer please go ahead am not stopping you, but please stand out, be unique, be mad and creative.

BE PHOTOGRAPHIC, BE CREATIVE, BE PASSIONATE.
DOUYE MERCY
CEO LIBRAFOTOGRAPHY

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CAMERA

A year ago, he came to borrow my Canon camera because it is full frame, while I took

his Nikon in case I have a job--- using his camera was a problem because I did not UNDERSTAND it.

Camera body can affect a user in different ways, a person who as small hands may have difficulty with large bodies and conversely large hands might have difficulty with small bodies.

It is always advisable to "UNDERSTAND" your camera from exposure basic such as aperture, shutter speed and iso. The camera modes such as manual, programme, automatic etc---- There are various modes on your camera dial and each modes serves a purpose, for instance if you are to photograph a night scene in a movie, once you understand the EXPOSURE BASICS+CAMERA MODES you can photograph the scene even in the morning .

Many photographers believes you're not professional unless you always use manual mode on your camera-----yes I accept but then I believe you're the captain and you understand your camera more than anyone.

The little differences in design can have a significant impact on their ease of use. Think about possible hazards to avoid the risk of not UNDERSTANDING your camera, sometimes it could be hazardous trying to understand when it is too late.

Be photographic, Be creative and Be passionate.

DOUYE MERCY 

CEO LIBRAFOTOGRAPHY

WHY I THINK CAMERAS ARE SPIRIT!!!

She looks so beautiful and irresistible on the gown, her  makeup and jewelries looks charming on her.
The problem now is that, she needs just ten soft copies.

I set up my kits, took my camera and started with one shot, two shots, three shots etc, aside from model being charming THERE IS A FORCE PUSHING ME TO GIVE MORE SHOTS, FORGETTING MODEL NEEDS ONLY TEN COPIES AT MAXIMUM.

The force that connects your body and soul with the CAMERA is unexplainable even if you are hungry you don't remember food.

My friend was traveling with kids she drove to a particular village and stopped by to do some documentation with her camera, she said Mercy I almost forgot I had a journey to catch and this camera can't remind me {smile}.

That is what  I am talking about, there is a force(spirit) behind a camera that once you hold it or try to test run it, if you are not careful you will forget yourself.

A pastor needs to be filled with the Holy spirit so he can speak in a new tongue ,so also is the camera, it needs your body and soul to stay connected always. A camera has no respect for anyone, it doesn't care about your age once it turns you on you are set for action.

I have just come to a conclusion that cameras are "SPIRIT" yes an undescribable spirit, IF NOT SO---why is that when you are not happy and peradventure you come across a camera what kind of spirit will push you to take one shot, two shots, three shots till fifty if you are not careful{ smile}.
I will like to read your comment below, your experience with a camera and why you think it is a SPIRIT like I do.

Till I come your way again, BE PHOTOGRAPHIC, BE CREATIVE and BE PASSIONATE!!!
DOUYE MERCY
CEO LIBRAFOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY SPEAKS A LANGUAGE.

Photography is a multiple language. The photos we capture at any event can communicate a story.

The definition of language is open to debate, but for the sake of this discussion, I'm going to define LANGUAGE as the system of words or signs that people use to express thoughts and feelings to one other.

Photography sometimes has multiple interpretations
which are not necessarily understood on the same
terms by everyone, but the most important thing to note is that it serves as a piece of "communication."

A photograph of a baby can be simply interpreted as a
photograph of a baby, but getting beyond that, there are many other interpretations which can sometimes be defined by the action or what is occurring
in the photograph.

People have different contexts in which they use and speak photographs as they communicate different things to different people.

SPEAK PHOTOGRAPHY!

BE CREATIVE!! BE PASSIONATE!

DOUYE MERCY
CEO, LIBRAFOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY IS A LANGUAGE

I've been running my business, librafotography for one year and few months now and I realised it's different strokes for different folks.

The way I SEE and DEFINE photography to another takes a different dimension.

Photography goes beyond the size of a camera and taking pictures alone.

It's an inner expression of doing what you have passion for, having a set of inner eyes to see what an ordinary man can't see and imagine .

*MY DEFINITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY*

Photography for me is a "language" of it's own that has to do with PASSION, CRAZITIVITY for CREATIVITY.

I can also define it as the "art of life" that enables you to express the crazitivity in you .

Also, it can be defined as the ability to express the uniqueness in you by using a camera to produce good pictures .

As you have read my own definition, so do other pro photographers have their own definitions. The most important and sweet thing about photography is "PASSION"

When you have passion for what you do, every other thing is minority because passion will keep you strong and keep you going without having a mind to give up.

Thanks for reading,
DOUYE MERCY.
CEO Librafotography.