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My dad plays
musical intruments - he was in a band. He has a good hand
in drawing, taught himself languages and was toying with an
SLR camera 3 decades ago. The prints from his studio sessions
always laid together with our pile of family photos. He was
and is a Renaissance man, born at a time and place where too
few Renaissance men make a living from their passions.
And there is a
genetic thread we adopt from our parents, we get a bit
from each. I have a good ear, but can't play an instrument,
can't draw that well but love to paint. And although my father
never consciously tried to influence me and I never felt
influenced, I laid hands on an SLR camera, for the first time
in my life probably, when I joined the Photography Club in
junior college. Whether I learnt anything there, that's
another thing. (blame it on bad company, sorry guys!). In
university, I co-owned my first SLR camera with my now-husband
and since then have upgraded the collection to reflect the
progression from hobby to hobby/profession.
Hi, I'm
Jacqueline Rojes. This page is essentially about my work. I
started Soul Photography in 2008, after a year of freelancing.
I left my IT job, and along with it, all sense of
predictability. I fell in love with photographing faces, when
I had my children. And thanks to this very DIY grain in me and
the passion to rig things (although not in a very cool,
techie, engineer way - more like in a Martha Stewart way), I
conceptualized the idea of a mobile photo studio. Put these
two together, the idea to photograph children and families in
their own homes with studio quality images was born. It was
envisioned 3 years before it's actual inception, when this
concept was unheard of, at least to myself. This idea is still
evolving and you have not seen the end of it. The latest spin
on it produced The Party Paparazzi, thanks in no
small part to my sister-in-law Evelyn.
Soul
Photography is many things. It is about art as it is about
making a living (which is an art by itself). It's always
about the clients and it is about going to great lengths, no
matter the cost, to provide the best service possible. It is
about constant progress and evolution. I am excited of the possibilities and thankful that I
live in a land and age of opportunities.
I'm no
Renaissance (wo)man, but at least I make a living doing
something I love.
Thanks for
stopping by :)
Jacqueline
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