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To give you a brief introduction about myself, I'm Uzair Kharawala. I've been a full-time photographer since 2002 and have been photographing for the last 20 years. You can view my portfolio on www.sfdigital.co.uk I'm also proud & privileged to be a 'Nikon UK Evangelist' and provide training seminars & workshops for some of the leading companies in the industry. My work is featured in photography magazines on a regular basis. I've got a wealth of information I would love to share with you, so why not keep dropping by over here or subscribe to our newsletter.If you have any particular problem or need any help, click on 'I want to know' and I'll answer your question.
Uzair Kharawala
I’ve just been back from a wedding I shot in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. This little island is in the Sabah, Borneo region of Malaysia and is about 2.5 hrs flight away from Kuala Lumpur. It pretty much is heaven on earth. The beaches are just fantastic and I was quite fortunate to be invited to [...]
It will take you longer to read a book on an iPad or Kindle compared to the printed page, according to a recent study. Dr. Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman Group — a product development consultancy that is not associated with Nielsen, the metrics company — compared the reading [...]
I was proud to be part of this first ever 3-day workshop on weddings & portraits. I was accompanied by my fellow tutor and good friend Julie Oswin and 12 other delegates who were extremely keen to learn new things and techniques. We were also joined by Dave Robbins, Dennis Nicholls & James Banfield from [...]
Your Home Portrait Business
Last week I was in Nottingham & London for the ‘Your Home Portrait Business’ seminars for Calumet. The seminar was all about running a portrait business from home, without the additional overheads of a high street studio, how to scout for locations to shoot in, what equipment you require and the [...]
To help you get started in Wedding Photography, here are the Top 10 Tips for photographers who wish to get started in Wedding Photography:
1. Enjoy & Have Fun
Please do not go into Wedding Photography if you don’t enjoy weddings. You’ll need to handle pressure and always remember that you only get one chance at weddings. [...]
Free Business Photography Software by Calumet UK
Here’s your chance to get your hands on one of the best photography software for your business. Our friends at Calumet are offering a FREE Foto SF Lite worth £70.50p with every booking for the 1-day seminar ‘Your Home Portrait Business‘. The cost of the seminar £85 includes lunch [...]
This post is all about the kind of images you ought to be photographing at a wedding, the detail / accessory shots at the place where the bride is getting ready. The kind of detail shots you must have for the album. What you want to do is to keep things extremely simple as there [...]
Most people considering the switch up to or across to Aperture 3 have probably implemented their decision by now. What follows then is for people who still haven’t made up their mind or for people like me who perhaps hadn’t seriously considered Aperture before.
I’ve used Photoshop since version3 and make extensive use of the clone [...]
The summer is here at last and I hope you are now well into the peak summer season. This year for me so far has been quite different to previous years, especially with wedding bookings. These days, I don’t shoot as many weddings as I used to, but the inquiries being received are still for [...]
This seminar is for anyone starting up or has an existing photography business. Multi-award winning photographer Uzair Kharawala presents this exciting seminar on how to set up and run a thriving portrait business working from home and without the additional overheads of running a high-street studio. Whether you are a [...]