I discovered photography quite late in life and I am mostly self-taught. I started getting interested in creative work while working in Advertising at J Walter Thompson quite some time ago. Did a bit of writing and editing later on when I was the Associate Editor for The Leisure Times Magazine, following that mostly I worked as a Cordon Bleu Chef and still do a few TV shows a year on Cookery, although cooking is most a hobby now.
I now work full-time as a Professional Photographer since I discovered the wonders of photography. Been doing for quite some time now and lovin it
I prefer working on location and shooting more editorial styled work although most of the beauty work and commercial work demands work in a studio which is no big deal either. Lighting used will depend on the work or look I'm after so I'm not much fussed about what I use as long as the job gets done. I might shoot without any lights sometimes if it calls for it
I love what I do and am quite serious about my work, there for I expect the same from everyone else on my sets. I'm quite easy to work with since I get involed in almost every part of the shoot from initail concepts to working with the stylist, MUA, Hair and models.
* I do a limited amount of TF work if I find the the model interesting and I can muster up some free time, so don't hesitate to ask. I think this is specially important since it's a great way to give something back to this industry I love while being able to do a bit of work with more creative freedom. I don't print out images for TF work but will courier Hi ress TIFF & WEB corrected Hi Res JPG on DVD. All images will have a small water mark at the bottom of image and I expect them to be used as is.
I work predominantly in Sri Lanka, India, Maldives & London. Travelling is never an issue and I do quite a bit of it
I'm also the official Photographic partner for Colombo Fashion Week.
Some of my published work include :
Adoh! Magazine
Homes & Property Magazine
Cars & Gadgets Magazine Covers Issue .1 to .7
Condé Nast Magazine
Femina India Magazine
Femina Sri Lanka Magazine
Femina Sri Lanka Cover Dec 2008
Elle (India)
Vogue (India)
Vogue 2009 Bumper Issue (India)
Colombo Fashion Week 2008
Colombo Fashion Week 2009
Ford Super Model Search Sri Lanka 2007
ect.
Cheers...
contact
www.sandundesilva.com
sands696@yahoo.co.uk
