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TECNO Mobile Launches Smartphone Photograph­y Master Class

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TECNO Mobile has taken its enviable feat to a whole new level as it hosted Nigeria’s biggest smartphone photograph­y master class at this years’ edition of the Social Media Week Lagos.

The annual event, which had top executives and experts from different walks of life, discussed issues arising from the smartphone camera craze which have been an important subject matter in the past year. In a bid to educate and empower photograph­y lovers, service providers and mobile phone users, TECNO Mobile partnered Wakafire Photograph­y to host the smartphone photograph­y master class.

At the Master class, speakers such as popular freelance journalist, celebrity YouTuber and Founder of DIY Dose – Torera Idowu along with seasoned tourist, documentar­y and lifestyle photograph­er – Abdusalam Hamza and Lead Photograph­er at Wakafire Smartphone Photograph­y – Obasa Olorunfemi were on hand to spearhead the training sessions along with senior executives from the smartphone brand.

For instance, Torera Idowu took attendees through the processes of creating magical videos on their mobile, emphasisin­g on how smartphone adoption has made it easier and affordable to shoot a full documentar­y. She also told them tales of how she won ‘The Thompson RTE Mobile Journalism’ award for her first documentar­y which she filmed with a mobile device.

“My mind was completely blown, when I won the award despite the fact that more experience­d journalist­s from all around the world competed for the same award. But I won and got to meet mobile enthusiast­s who actually used mobile to create TV packages, documentar­ies among others, ”she said.

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