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''I started my photographic adventures at around 13 with my grandfather being a great influence. He was an avid globetrotter as well as a very keen photographer.
I first really utilised everything I had learned from him when I attended film school in Germany, and after that, it really took off as something fundamental to my everyday life. When I wasn’t busy filming it helped me massively to keep a photographic eye and develop a deeper understanding of composition.
I got my first gig abroad whilst still being enrolled in film school. This led to my decision to drop out of film school and take on the assignment.
And with this, my travelling adventures began! Like I said, “my grandfather was a big influence”. This particular assignment was a documentary about rhinos and poaching in Africa. This, of course, helped me tremendously to advance my career by leaps and bounds. Subsequently, I got my first photo book contract and the audience I craved for throughout my life.
Nowadays I switch between photography and writing as well as filming. I live in the Western Cape in South Africa and the stunning landscape’s present many fantastic photo opportunities, but as a commercial photographer I specialise in architectural and portrait photography.
My go-to cameras are Canon DSLRs (7D series, 5D series) but I am quite used to working with any camera I'm offered at the time.
My favourite subject would be the most aesthetic composition of any given situation. If you master that ability the subject won't matter anymore, just the picture.''
| ¹ | Category | Authors | Posts | Reward (SBD) | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photography | 1268 | 2844 | 5156,285 | 5,211 |
| 2 | travel | 331 | 554 | 1963,833 | 1,985 |
| 3 | colorchallenge | 137 | 238 | 566,877 | 0,573 |
| 4 | photo | 130 | 260 | 312,234 | 0,316 |
| 5 | photofeed | 54 | 115 | 293,79 | 0,297 |
| 6 | landscapephotography | 88 | 151 | 264,646 | 0,267 |
| 7 | monomad | 65 | 112 | 202,381 | 0,205 |
| 8 | animalphotography | 97 | 125 | 169,464 | 0,171 |
| 9 | photocircle | 16 | 29 | 95,763 | 0,097 |
| 10 | dailypetphotography | 23 | 42 | 90,025 | 0,091 |
| 11 | photosoftheday | 1 | 6 | 88,877 | 0,09 |
| 12 | smartphonephotography | 49 | 78 | 86,213 | 0,087 |
| 13 | goldenhourphotography | 51 | 66 | 85,227 | 0,086 |
| 14 | foodphotography | 74 | 103 | 74,392 | 0,075 |
Votes - Each curator distributes a certain part of the reward pool with his votes (upvote / flag).
Authors - This part of the pool he distributes between a certain number of authors.
VAS (vote average strength) - For general awareness, we can estimate the average vote strength in percents (%), with which the curator votes.
Contr. (SBD) (Contribution in SBD) - The distributed part of the pool is the contribution of the curator, it is calculated in SBD. In this case, the author's reward is taken into account. The curator's reward is not taken into account.
Share % - The percentage of the curator contribution among the contributions of all curators, we can also estimate for information purposes in %.
Eff. - The effectiveness of the curator is estimated in conventional units.
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