Today we’d like to introduce you to Zandro Zafra.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
Had my first semi-manual camera given to me by my father when I was left home to enter the Seminary. I then started taking photos of our daily life that ended up in our yearbook. After four years of being segregated from the outside world, I migrated to the US to join my family and that’s when it started to take shape. Equipped with my first DSLR, Nikon D70s, and a 50mm, surrounded by nature; I started shooting. I was having a hard time figuring out how to use it so my father lent me his fully analog Nikon F2a that he had since he was a youngin. He taught me how to expose properly without having a working meter on camera nor a light meter and mainly rely on my eyes and what I can see.
I started shooting professionally as an automotive photographer shooting for car collectors, an online magazine and automotive aftermarket companies. Somewhere around that time, I revisited my passion for portraiture which sparked my career as a wedding photographer.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
It was tough especially being an immigrant and starting so young in the industry. Confidence and charisma wasn’t my strongest point back when I started. It took me a while to overcome all of these and I learned that for my clients to be able to trust me, I need to trust myself with my craft.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with zandbox photo – tell our readers more, for example, what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
Zandbox Photo specializes in wedding & automotive photography. The diverseness and flexibility that we offer are outstanding as we would work with you as a client to fit what you’re looking for. Capturing you and/or your car is not just something that we would show up to and shoot. We would sit down with you over a cup of coffee & hear your story; your story that we would freeze in time through a photograph.
So, what’s next? Any big plans?
The never-ending encouragement and discouragement we get from everyone push us to move forward.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.zandboxphoto.com
- Email: zandro@zandboxphoto.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zandboxphoto/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zandboxphoto/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZandboxPhoto?lang=en
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