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October 24, 2012 by heber vega
ONE-SHOT in L.A.
After a little more than a year since our first photography workshop in Iraq, I have the honor to announce that The ONE-SHOT Project will have its first international exhibit! The show is called “Developing Change”. We are not alone in this show, but are in good company with other wonderful humanitarian initiatives. Check out [...]Archive
October 24, 2012 by heber vega
My First World Wide PhotoWalk
What an incredible experience! I had a blast along side some photography lovers in Kurdistan, Iraq. Have I mentioned that we were all photo walk newbies? Yeah, this was a first in Kurdistan, and also in Iraq. For this very first event, I took my oldest son Caleb along. He came back with more than [...]Archive
October 17, 2012 by heber vega
When light is non-existent
In photography, many things can go wrong during a shoot. Most of the time, things don’t happen exactly the way we visualized them. Sometimes things happen that are completely out of our control. We have to work hard to minimize as many of these situations as possible, but sometimes things happen. A few weeks back, [...]Archive
October 12, 2012 by heber vega
Gear that challenges your work
I keep working with my new strobes (Elinchrom Quadra – a review is coming soon!) and I’m really enjoying the opportunities they’ve created for me in this new photographic market in northern Iraq. These days I’ve been busy shooting, and I love that! A little at a time I’ve been able to develop a better [...]Archive
August 1, 2012 by heber vega
Another look to portraiture photography
In this job, you never know where the next gig is going to come from. Three weeks ago, I had an unexpected assignment. I had the opportunity to make some portraits of good friends of mine getting married in Kurdistan, Iraq (where I live). They already had a photographer booked for their wedding itself (which [...]Archive
July 16, 2012 by heber vega
My Work for SALT International
Last week I had one of those assignments that are a blast from the beginning until the very last shot. It started with a 3-hour drive through one of my favorites landscapes to go to the city of Erbil (known as Hawler in the local language), the capital of Kurdistan. Were on the road at [...]Archive
July 2, 2012 by heber vega
A New ONE-SHOT for Me
We just finished up the last two workshops for this month at ONE-SHOT–Iraq, and I’m already feeling sad and somehow empty. This might sound really crazy, but that may be one of the reasons why I love this project so much. This was our second time running these photography workshops for children in Iraq, and [...]Archive
May 9, 2012 by heber vega
The Organic Thing about ONE-SHOT.
“I don’t know how else to express this idea, but we are talking about something that grows and develops without being dependent on an organization for it’s very existence. Individuals collaborate to make it a reality. There’s nothing wrong with organizations. They have a place. But I feel that there’s also a need for initiatives [...]Archive
April 30, 2012 by heber vega