A professional photographer, Mr Gbolahan Adebayo, on
Monday, called on all tiers of government to help photographers in providing
all facilities, including good laboratories to facilitate their works.
Adebayo, the Public Relations Officer, Professional
Photographers Association of Nigeria (PPAN), Lagos, made the call in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said this was a way of creating jobs for those
interested in learning photography, who, would also learn with modern equipment
if assisted by government.
“We do not have good laboratories and modern
equipment to do our job properly; we are still using obsolete equipment.
“We need to create awareness for the people and
photographers about the lucrative business in photography,’’ Adebayo said.
He said that those currently deploying the digital
technology in photography were on the right track “but not everyone can afford
it’’.
“Digital photography is a technology in photography
that uses computers and some other technological accessories to produce more
quality pictures.
“That is what most of our people need in the
photography business and also high quality digital cameras which are
exorbitant.
“This is why we are calling on government to help
us,’’ he said.
The public relations officer, however, said that it
would be good if government could also assist in giving loans to photographers
to buy the necessary equipment they need.
Adebayo said that photographers needed a lot of
documentation to do to safeguard their works.
“In this digital era in photography, it is easy to
edit photographs on laptops; and help store a lot of photographs.
“It will add value to what we are doing.
“It does not need the use of negative films or dark
rooms to do the jobs but these equipment are very costly.
“So, if we can get loans and acquire these things,
the job will be easier,’’ he said.
Adebayo said that if photographers would buy cameras
of N100, 000 to about N1million, it would not be easy to make the money back as
quickly as possible but with loan, they could buy and pay back gradually.
“People refuse to pay high on photographs. They will
tell you it is just photo but a lot of things go into it.
“The computer has special equipment that makes
photographs to come out good and nice,’’ he said.
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