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My name is Nnadozie Nnabude founder of the visual media company Baby With Camera.

I am a photographer by profession.

My love for Photography began four years ago while I was working under IMAGEINPHOTOGRAPHY a Friend of Mine. During my time with him I mostly did work as a Graphic Designer (A passion I taught myself a few years prior). I was required to produce tonnes of visual content for him on a weekly basis. It was an exciting job but I always felt limited as to what I could create since I’d only use stock images downloaded online for content.

I realized a camera would allow me to produce more local focused content that was more relatable to my key audiences, so I decided to find a camera and teach myself photography from scratch.

Everyday after work I’d go take pictures and practice editing them well into the night. I wouldn’t stop until my pictures were just as good and of high quality as the stock images I used to work on. Soon enough my photography skills became a dominating talent in my creative work. People would be in awe of every picture I took and would request to work with me for a fee. But I’d always turn them away or photograph them for free since photography was mostly a hobby for me back then.

Getting Equipment

Mid 2017 after i left him, I decided to use some of the money I’d saved up to buy myself a Nikon camera and enjoy photography while I was in between jobs.

I gathered a small team of friends, we shot portraits of people during the week and covered events on weekends for extra money.

People loved the work and soon enough we were a lucrative Photography Business. I enjoyed making my own income through doing something I loved…and that’s when I decided not to look for another job just yet but to dive further into the business of photography and see what more it could bring us. I haven’t regretted that decision since.

Baby With Camera is Lagos Nigeria, clients can reach us by calling or whatsapping this number +234 8122031438 to place their booking or mail us on babywithcamera@gmail.com

I think what makes me different from other professional photographers in the country is that I like to push the limits of what’s accepted and I hold myself to a higher standard than most. I compare my work to the world standard of photography and if it doesn’t match or compete with international photographers across the globe I start afresh and push myself even further

It even translates into the work I do, online you can see a clear progression in the pictures I take. The quality improves every few months and my ideas change every few weeks. It’s never the same and it only gets better.

Most photographers get comfortable doing the same thing they’ve always been good at, I always encourage people to do something no one has seen yet cause that’s what helps your brand stand out & that’s what keeps the culture and industry alive and well in the country.

When I started shooting I made sure my portraits were unique but soon as everyone I knew started doing portraits I decided to photograph buildings and cityscapes instead. That way I’m pushing my talent and giving people something new to be fascinated by and be proud of in our humble country. If anything, that’s what makes Hard Creative unique: our need to always push the boundaries of visual beauty and aesthetics through the work we do. We’re not just here to make money only.

Currently our country doesn’t have too many good visuals to sell itself within the tourism industry. I could go online now and Google the word Nigeria and come across no more than a few news articles and a couple of badly taken photographs that try give an idea of what our country has to offer but, aren’t really doing it justice.