Street Magazine Aug. 2011 | Page 8

Q. What type of photographer are you?

A. I AM AN EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER.....

Q. What do you enjoy most about this type of photography

A. I ENJOY THE RUSH I HAVE WHEN COMING TO AN EVENT. THE MOOD IS NEVER THE SAME THE RUSH IS ALWAYS DIFFERNT AND I JUST LOVE IT.

Q.What is the most impartant thing to remember to get a good image?

A. YOU ALWAYS SHOOT THE SCENE OR PERSON MORE THEN ONE TIME BECAUSE THE LIGHTING CAN CHANGE, A SLIGHT MOVEMENT MAY MAKE THE PICTURE STAND OUT MORE THE WAY U ANGLE UR CAMERA ETC....

Q. What is your favorite photograph and why?

A. IT WOULD BE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER ANAYAH, I WAS IN ORLANDO VISITING MY FAMILY AND THE DAY I WAS TO LEAVE SHE WOKE ME UP AND SAID "ME-ME U TAKE PICTURES OF EVERYBODY ELSE AND I WANT A PHOTO SHOOT TODAY. SHE PICKED OUT HER CLOTHES AND WE HAD A PHOTO SHOOT BEFORE I CAME BACK TO JACKSONVILLE. WE HAD A BALL

Q. Who are your influences?

A. MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER ARE MY INFLUENCES. MY FATHER WHO IS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND MY MOTHER WHO IS A WRITER. BOTH HAVE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME TO PURSUE MY AMBITIONS AND TO USE ME TALENTS AND GOD GIVEN GIFTS.

Q. Do you have a specific photograph by another photographer that stands out in your mind and why?

A. YES I DO. IT WOULD BE MY FATHER, JAKE COLLINS, WHO TOOK SOME INCREDIBLE PICTURES OF A STRUGGLING WOMAN IN IRAN.

Q. If you weren't a photographer, what would u be?

A. I HAVE MANY TALENTS AND GIFTS. I WOULD SAY I WOULD BE WORKING AS A PARTY PLANNER.I HAVE WORKED WITH ALOT OF COMPANIES AND THATS A LOVE DOING THAT.

Q. How long you been photographer?

A. I HAVE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR A YEAR, AND NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD GO THIS FAR.

Q. Why did you start your own photographer company?

A. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN PICTURES OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO THOUGHT THAT MY PHOTOGRAPHY WAS GREAT. MY BROTHERS SUGGESTED THAT I PERSUE MY INTREST IN TAKING PICTURES AND FOR ME IT WAS NATURAL. SO POP'ARAZZI PHOTOGRAPHY WAS BORN.

Q. Why decide to be come a photographer?

A. IT WAS SOMETHING I LOVE DOING, IT CAME NATURAL. A DOOR OPENED UP FOR ME TO PURSUE MY GIFT AS WELL AS MY DREAMS AND I STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND WHEN THE BALL WAS PITCHED I HIT A GRAND SLAMM LOL....

Q. What would you most like to shoot that you haven't shot yet.

A. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BARACK & MICHELLE OBAMA AND FAMILY.

Q. What advice would you give someone aspiring to be a photography?

A. I WOULD SAY GO FOR IT AND PURSUE YOUR DREAMS. THE SKY HAS NO LIMIT . THERE ARE NO LIMITS NOR BOUNDARIES TO WHAT ONE ASPIRES TO DO.

Q. Where do you see your own work going in the next few year?

A. TO ACHIEVE EVERY HOPE DREAM AND DESIRE IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHY. I INTEND TO TRAVEL AND SHOOT SOME AMAZING PEOPLE PLACES & THINGS

Q. Are you self taught ,or did you go to school?

A. I WAS SELF TAUGHT. I HAVE A NATURAL GIFT FOR IT I HAVE A FATHER I CAN CONSULT TO AS WELL AS OTHER PHOTOGS IN THE GAME.

Q. W AND MY MOTHER WHO IS A WRITER. BOTH HAVE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME TO PURSUE MY AMBITIONS AND TO USE ME TALENTS AND GOD GIVEN GIFTS.

Q. Do you have a specific photograph by another photographer that stands out in your mind and why?

A. YES I DO. IT WOULD BE MY FATHER, JAKE COLLINS, WHO TOOK SOME INCREDIBLE PICTURES OF A STRUGGLING WOMAN IN IRAN.

Q. If you weren't a photographer, what would u be?

A. I HAVE MANY TALENTS AND GIFTS. I WOULD SAY I WOULD BE WORKING AS A PARTY PLANNER.I HAVE WORKED WITH ALOT OF COMPANIES AND THATS A LOVE DOING THAT.

Q. How long you been photographer?

A. I HAVE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR A YEAR, AND NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD GO THIS FAR.

Q. Why did you start your own photographer company?

A. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN PICTURES OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO THOUGHT THAT MY PHOTOGRAPHY WAS GREAT. MY BROTHERS SUGGESTED THAT I PERSUE MY INTREST IN TAKING PICTURES AND FOR ME IT WAS NATURAL. SO POP'ARAZZI PHOTOGRAPHY WAS BORN.

Q. Why decide to be come a photographer?

A. IT WAS SOMETHING I LOVE DOING, IT CAME NATURAL. A DOOR OPENED UP FOR ME TO PURSUE MY GIFT AS WELL AS MY

DREAMS AND I STEPPED UP TO THE

PLATE AND WHEN THE BALL WAS PITCH-

ED I HIT A GRAND SLAMM LOL....

Q. What would you most like to shoot

that you haven't shot yet.

A. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES BARACK & MICHELLE OBAMA

AND FAMILY.

Q. What advice would you give some-

one aspiring to be a photography?

A. I WOULD SAY GO FOR IT AND PURSUE

YOUR DREAMS. THE SKY HAS NO LIMIT.

THERE ARE NO LIMITS NOR

BOUNDARIES TO WHAT ONE ASPIRES TO

DO.

Q. Where do you see your own work

going in the next few year?

A. TO ACHIEVE EVERY HOPE DREAM AND

DESIRE IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHY. I INTEND TO TRAVEL AND SHOOT SOME AMAZING PEOPLE PLACES & THINGS

Q. Are you self taught ,or did you go to

school?

A. I WAS SELF TAUGHT. I HAVE A

NATURAL GIFT FOR IT.

A. I AM AN EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER.....

Q. What do you enjoy most about this type of photography

A. I ENJOY THE RUSH I HAVE WHEN COMING TO AN EVENT. THE MOOD IS NEVER THE SAME THE RUSH IS ALWAYS DIFFERNT AND I JUST LOVE IT.

Q.What is the most impartant thing to remember to get a good image?

A. YOU ALWAYS SHOOT THE SCENE OR PERSON MORE THEN ONE TIME BECAUSE THE LIGHTING CAN CHANGE, A SLIGHT MOVEMENT MAY MAKE THE PICTURE STAND OUT MORE THE WAY U ANGLE UR CAMERA ETC....

Q. What is your favorite photograph and why?

A. IT WOULD BE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER ANAYAH, I WAS IN ORLANDO VISITING MY FAMILY AND THE DAY I WAS TO LEAVE SHE WOKE ME UP AND SAID "ME-ME U TAKE PICTURES OF EVERYBODY ELSE AND I WANT A PHOTO SHOOT TODAY. SHE PICKED OUT HER CLOTHES AND WE HAD A PHOTO SHOOT BEFORE I CAME BACK TO JACKSONVILLE. WE HAD A BALL

Q. Who are your influences?

A. MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER ARE MY INFLUENCES. MY FATHER WHO IS A PHOTOGRAPHER

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