Wanderlust

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Syria | Thursday, January 10, 2013 | 5 photos

I first started shooting on an old Canon film SLR when I went on exchange in Mexico in 2007 - learning from basic black and white development and printing to digital photography. Since then I have been practicing photography as a hobby, slowly building on my experience and skills both at home and abroad.
I really love shooting film on an old Hasselblad - it's the camera (of many that I own) that I feel the strongest working connection with. Using it has taught me to sometimes slow down and focus on things like composition, exposure and meaning instead of snapping away endlessly digitally.
I recently studied a small business management course in order to launch my own freelance business - at the moment it is predominantly a web design business, but I have slowly been trying to include my photography. I have recently assisted another photographer on some editorial shoots to try and learn some tricks of the trade so that I can establish myself as a photographer.
The place I have chosen to share is the Middle East - I visited the region in mid 2010 a few months prior to the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings. The middle east is a region that is often misunderstood, but I found to be fascinating, and it's people warm and generous.