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Maltese Photographer - Alison Galea Valletta
Alison Galea Valletta B.Sc I.T. (Hons) LSWPP LMIPP, hailing from Attard, was brought up in an environment of a family run business related to the art of photography.(photography website)

Her father, Gino Galea, who happens to be a professional photographer himself, had always been a direct influence and inspiration for young Alison. He still recalls his young three -year old daughter crawling in front of a snail, holding a plastic toy camera...pretending to be on assignment!

He also recalls that when she was only twelve years old she was already giving a helping hand in lighting techniques during wedding commissions. Once again, a year later in 2001, Alison joined her dad to an introductory course in Photoshop techniques at the Malta University Services. This was at a critical stage in photography when the digital revolution was taking over from the traditional analogue imaging. Consequently, the past decade served as an important platform for young Alison to build up her portfolio and experience. The love for photography had to make way to her academic studies related to her IT degree at the University of Malta. The 'art of imaging' had also been demonstrated through her final-year thesis where she created an innovative 'Image ranking software' which earned her the B.Sc. IT (Hons) degree in December 2009.

Interestingly enough, Alison handled her first wedding commission to a Dutch couple with flying colors at the remarkable age of eighteen years old!

In November 2008 she became the youngest Maltese candidate to earn the prestigious Licentiate of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photography at the age of 20. This was followed by that of the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers. Another landmark in Alison's creative career was her participation in the Bank of Valletta Photography Exhibition in April 2010. During the past four years, she became very much involved in portraiture, studio photography and wedding photography. Alison is very much involved in the popular TV fashion program 'Looks' where she explains basic tips about the art of photographic technique to the televiewers !

Parallel with the art of photography, Alison has an impressive career in modelling and beauty pageants both locally and abroad. She proudly carried the Maltese flag in various overseas activities, starting a highly successful year 2006 through a series of modeling events particularly abroad. In June, that year, she was invited to participate in a fashion show in Sicily. This was followed by London in July when she participated and placed a prestigious first runner-up position for Malta in the Miss Teen Commonwealth, after Miss Bahamas. Then in October that same year she was invited in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a guest in the Malaysian/Indian global pageant. That unforgettable year 2006 closed for Alison by her participation in Mannheim Germany, again representing Malta in the Miss Queen of the World 2006 beauty contest.

Once again, Alison represented her country in Alicante, Spain in the 'Best International Female Model' in July 2008. In the following year, in October 2009, Alison formed part of the Maltese winning team in the Miss European 2009 in Folkestone, Kent carrying the title of 'Best team dance' for Malta. Her modeling career culminated in November 2009, when again, she represented Malta in the third world-ranking contest, i.e. Miss Earth 2009 Beauty Pageant on Boracay Island, the Philippines, which went to Miss Brazil. During this event, Alison appeared in various photo shoots, environmental activities, fashion shows and was also shortlisted for the Miss Earth TV Promo around Asia on ABS CBN TV network.

Alison is currently modeling for a leading fashion boutique for TV promos. She is currently enjoying the 'dual role, both as a model and a photographer ! This in itself creates a better understanding for Alison therefore communicating better with her models that this time happen to be in front of HER camera!

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