The Road to Better Photography
This is a beginner lecture on understanding how to be a better photographer regardless of what kind of gear or equipment one has.
The learning objective is get comfortable with taking smartphone photography seriously, to think like an artist and apply the basics of traditional photography to the now evolved version of digital smartphone photography. This is a photography talk to inspire and to gain confidence to be creative with the phone as a primary tool for image making.
QUARANTINE WORKSHOP
Based on the idea of staying at home to protect ourselves and our loved ones, I've developed a 14 day workshop that involves doing 7 mini creative photo assignments at home. The people who sign up do not need any specific gear, can be at any level of photography, just willing to create,experiment and not be afraid to fail the challenges as long as they try. The workshop is assignment and critique based where we meet on Zoom every second day to discuss the images created with feedback. ! Total 8 zoom meetings, one hour each.
One Light Only
A workshop on the art of taking images using one light only. A 3 hour session with examples, discussions and hands on studio experience and location shooting. For intermediate and serious amateurs. A focus on Portraiture, fashion and location based image making.
Photographing Art
The workshop will be focused on providing development of skills to photograph and catalog artwork for archival, commercial and social media use. The presentation based talk would include discussing the struggles of documenting art, basic understanding of photography required to build a strong foundation to photograph art at a professional level, tips and tricks to have successful images, understanding light and color and how to edit the images. The students will be required to photograph one work of art that we then analyze together to improve on their skillset.
This workshop is being taught through Tashkeel.
Workshops and Speaking Engagements
Presentations
Stories and experiences based on my 10 years as a professional photographer.
Lighting Workshops
Intro to studio lighting courses
Post Processing tutorials
How to make your images pop and with just the basics of photoshop and lightroom.
Images with stories
Presentations on how to create narratives, break down images for meaning and and photographic analysis.
The Joy of photography
and lessons on how it brings family and friends closer.
Tricks on photographing difficult subjects
From your pets to your babies !
On location and in studio
Internship Opportunities
Learning photography on the job
Testimony by intern Farah Diab
When I contacted Altamash to help out so I can learn about commercial photography, I didn’t expect to learn as much as I did, a part of me was afraid it was going to be the typical assistant job where the photographer wouldn’t bother to teach you but I was wrong. Instead, I learned the basics of setting up the different types of lights, strobes, and soft boxes. What I enjoyed and found the most beneficial though was that Altamash would involve me in every step of the shoots. We would start by researching inspirational photos prior to the shoot, on the shoot day he would ask me to place the lights where I thought would be best to accomplish the desired look, after that while he photographs I would be the one watching them behind the laptop screen looking out for anything that could be done better and that was the part where I learned the most, because of that I was able to learn about lighting and by noticing something then fixing it by adjusting the light and seeing the difference, that trained my eye a lot and definitely helped me when I had to do my own set ups. Another thing that is really great is the trust that Altamash puts in you and the friendly treatment, that in itself is what I personally found most motivating for me to come to work. Beyond that, he would always make the time to help me out when I needed advice when it came to anything photography related, and since at that time I was a novice, I was constantly asking him questions and he always replied instantly with lots of help.
Learn to create iconic imagery.
With over 13 years professional experience, let me guide you to create better imagery.