Mastering Photography and Building a Community - The High On Life Podcast #10 feat. Madou El-Khouly

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Mastering photography and building a community, In the short span of three years, Mado has gone from randomly picking up a camera, discovering his passion photography and mastering Photoshop, Lightroom and creating amazing visual artistry, to leading one of Vancouver’s biggest photography communities #CreatorsOfVancity.
We sat down with Mado to listen to his amazing stories and insights on what it’s like to organize photo meetups with over 50 photographers, along with his tips and tricks on the best way to start getting into photography and Photoshop. And he says “Yes, it’s OKAY TO USE PRESETS!”
It was an incredible hour of knowledge and power and we're so excited about this podcast with you.
Stay high on life.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - introduction and an intro to Madou El-Khouly and #CreatorsofVancity
04:03 - Justis asks how Madou has managed to balance his time being creative and having a career
05:25 - “plan an extra hour”
06:30 - Josh asks Justis when the last time he went on a photoshoot
08:10 - “take your phone and just walk around and explore” / go to areas where you normally wouldn’t take photos
10:18 - Mado details his experience picking up a camera for the first time in 2016 and learning Photoshop for the first time
14:55 - Justis asks what the best way to start learning photography is
16:15 - Download someone else’s presets and learn from there. “Presets are there for you to understand how the photographer used their settings.”
18:15 - Josh - “you still need to take a good picture”
19:40 - Have a lot of patience. Don’t be afraid of trial and error.
20:46 - It comes down to the eye
22:28 - How Mado ended up being the leader of #CreatorsOfVancity
34:45 - Parker does an impromptu handstand
35:52 - What are people shooting with? Sony? Canon? Nikon?
37:58 - How much is your equipment right now?
39:00 - Tips on what to decide to buy first as a camera
40:00 - Finding balance in life, the Madou way
41:50 - "You deal with me with reminders"
45:00 - If you really want it, go get it
46:12 - The line between visual artists and photographers. Where is the line???
47:00 - Checking out Madou’s photos
59:00 - Mado shares his experiences on being an Egyptian immigrant moving to Canada
1:03:55 - Where to find Mado’s work and community
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Special thanks to Ben Czegeny for producing this Podcast
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