How many individuals can say they had been born into their dream job? And picture if that dream job was within the arts?
Brazilian born photographer Fernando Braga didn’t select pictures. Pictures selected him. A number of years after he was born, Braga’s father left his job as a banker and began his personal pictures studio.
Completely dodging a bullet (does anybody actually need to be a banker?), Braga was raised with pictures throughout him.
He knew he’d skilled his first step right into a profession as a photographer after coming alongside as a ‘third photographer’ to assist his mother and father {photograph} a marriage. After checking the images from the day, he knew pictures was the appropriate path for him.
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Now residing in Melbourne, Braga works as a retoucher in an award-winning household pictures studio. He stated he works with an incredible group who make him really feel at dwelling – one thing meaning loads to him given he’s 14,000km away from his Brazilian household.
Regardless of Braga’s extraordinary high quality work, he stated he hasn’t been formally educated.
“All my information about pictures got here from my mother and father and self-learning. After I see one thing that’s new to me, I gained’t cease digging till I discover and study completely every thing about it,” stated Braga.
“My mother and father are nice artists and so they have impressed me a lot via my entire life,” he stated.
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Braga stated landscapes had been his favorite topic to shoot, however he’s humble in his method to being labelled a ‘panorama photographer’.
“I feel I’ll solely have the ability to name myself a panorama photographer once I begin tenting underneath the celebs and on the high of mountains for months, simply to chase that excellent picture that we’re at all times searching for.
“I’d describe myself as a panorama photographer to be,” he stated.
I assume that’s what a self proclaimed perfectionist would say although, proper?
Braga’s type of pictures is vibrant, vibrant, catchy and strange. The color and capturing strategies he makes use of create photos which can be extraordinary, fairly than strange.
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By way of his digicam lens, he loves exhibiting how unbelievable the world is.
“For me, a promising climate forecast (not solely vibrant colors for a vivid sundown, but additionally extreme climate) is sufficient to get my digicam and tripod out of my bag,” stated Braga.
“Some locations in Australia seem like paradise and I can’t wait to click on all of them,” he stated.
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A wall artwork print by Braga will convey life to a room and provides it the additional contact it could be lacking.
Braga himself loves this concept.
“A chunk of wall artwork can teleport you out of your room to a seashore or forest in a matter of seconds.
“You may also have a look at the Milky Means though it’s raining exterior,” he stated.
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‘Princes Bridge Sundown’, beneath, is among the very first images Braga took in Melbourne.
“On that day, I met a man who grew to become an excellent pal and was answerable for making my very first {photograph} in Australia going viral.
“Final 12 months, this image earned me first prize for a photograph competitors promoted by Eureka Skydeck,” stated Braga.
JUST WOW: The superb reflections on the water on this ‘Princess Bridge Sundown’ print add magic to this well-known Melbourne vista.
‘The Milky Means’, beneath, was taken in Brazil.
“I’m utterly obsessive about night time sky pictures and this was my first try to get a panoramic shot of the Milky Means,” stated Braga.
I can’t wait to purchase a automobile right here and begin tenting in locations throughout Australia to make extra night time photographs like this one.
Aurora Australis can also be one thing that I actually need to see and shoot,” he stated.
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‘Burning Skies at Black Rock’, beneath, is a {photograph} Braga at all times dreamed of making.
A spot with a number of rocks, pure lakes, the ocean and a burning sundown was on Braga’s bucket listing of images to take.
We’re so glad he made it occur!
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So do Braga’s mother and father help his option to turn into a photographer?
“They completely do”, he stated.
“They at all times need me to indicate them my subsequent picture to be launched and, when it’s revealed, they’re the primary ones to share it.
“Each competitors that I’m in and each prize that I win, they rejoice as in the event that they had been the winners,’ he stated.
Appears like Braga is effectively on the way in which to turning into a world well-known photographer, somebody who’s a reference and inspiration for different artists.
Thank goodness for all of us that his father stopped being a banker!
