photography - Ufana Thoughts

On Photography, Social Media and Sharing

75-80% of the commercial work I do doesn't turn up on social media 40% of the collaborative work I do will never be edited because something I didn't factor in during the shoot renders the pictures "useless". P.S; this is a rant so don't expect a chronological...

Shooting Victoria...

I am polychromatic. I experience things in full color definition, I see the world and all the little color pecks that switch variations when you throw open and close the window covers in a house. I am ‘photographically’ monochromatic. I love to portray...

Shooting Otosi...

Asking Otosi to stand on the edge of an unprotected stairwell emphasized the reason health ministry’s advice on protected sex should be adhered to; one mistake and you’d be sulking all your life. More importantly, it was facing my fears. You see, I am...

Shooting Ofem...

Back in Calabar and it’s a juxta-composition of emotions. A return to the feeling of uncertainty and insecurity and if there’s someone who connects and completely understands this; it’s Ubi Ofem. Ofem is a poet, an artiste in his own right. In a town...

The Unfolding

There are many pieces to a puzzle and this story is how very many things like puzzle pieces can form a picture so beautiful. It was just another ordinary day and I was wasting away my time on social media because, it was either that or me reading some...

Accumulated

He came to class and after minutes of an unending sputtering of academic…, he uttered his first striking statement; “little things are little things but when put up together, they become even greater things”. It was striking but at this point meaningless....

What is Photography?

Imagine the sun just hovering barely over the horizon, the evening breeze flowing through her free hair, the fragrance of her cologne drifting through the air, her bare feet digging into the sand, a little cunny sly smile on her face and a Canon G16 in...