Justin Aitken is a Multi Award Winning Professional Photographer.
His expertise, creative quality and specialty can be seen in his portrait, lifestyle and wedding photography. His personal work consists of music, landscape and travel photography.
Justin also holds a graphic design qualification and before he became a full time photographer, worked as a graphic designer for 4 years learning the ins and outs of Adobe applications.
Justin has had his work published in many magazines, books, and websites. He has photographed international & local celebrities and acts, including Metallica, Santana, Dave Dobbyn, Fat Freddy's Drop and Coldplay.
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I started photographing musicians and bands on stage, and live concerts - purely for my love of music. A photo pass meant a free ticket to the show :)
Realising there was a giant gap between what people thought they knew and what they actually knew. It makes me happy to help people close that gap.
People skills, humility, passion.
I have a few that I love, and it would be like choosing my favourite child but one that I always go back to is a waterfall image I created in Indonesia. The zen vibe that I still get from it is satisfying.
Find the passion inside of you, approach things artistically and creatively.
Embracing the aesthetic and emotion, but also having a solid foundation of the technical stuff.
Music mainly! Also movies and film.
Henri Cartier-Bresson for the candid nature of his work, Steve McCurry for his use of colour and portraiture, Ansel Adams for his tonal range.
Helping students grow and learn, and find confidence in themselves to express their art.
Be positive. Be willing to learn. Be open to feedback. Understand that there is always more to learn, no matter how far you travel.
I could sincerely say that every module of this course was fascinating and enjoyable to read. The way it is written is easy to understand, including for non-natives like myself, it is thorough and covers every aspect of photography.
Abu Dhabi
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