TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

My name is Francis Domingo, I am an IT personnel, and a videographer. I am a lover of dance hall music and dance it’s self. I love art, creativity, and food! (Amala, gbegiri and ewedu to be precise)

HOW DID YOU DISCOVER YOUR CRAFT?

I discovered my craft in my university days, I stayed around photographers and videographers, then I realized I had some talent, and I put In the work to learn and grow.

DO YOU HAVE A MENTOR, IF SO WHO?

Yes I have a mentor, he is a foreign videographer his brand name is @ycimaging

WHAT INSPIRES YOUR WORKS?

I mostly shoot weddings, cause I love the aura of love stories. I would say “love” inspires my work.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS DESCRIBE YOUR KINDA CONTENTS?

My contents are very easy, relatable, fluid contents. If you want simple but classy, I am your guy.

PERSONALLY WHICH ASPECT IS DEMANDING; STARTING OR FINISHING A PROJECT?

Starting is demanding, it takes a lot of planning to start, once you plan right and schedule the project all the way down to post production, finishing will be easy

HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR SOCIETY AFFECTS YOUR INDUSTRY?

Society has its effects on any industry, in the film making industry, here in Nigeria, we do not rate it as highly as we rate, medicine, law, engineering, etc, hence we don’t get paid as much as we think we deserve, especially cause of the work we put into providing these contents.

DO YOU FEEL THERE’S A GOOD SUPPORT ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN VIDEOGRAPHERS?

Yes absolutely

WHAT’S THE MOST REWARDING PART OF BEING A VIDEOGRAPHER?

You get to be your own boss and make good money, if you are good and do great work.

ONE THING YOU HOPE TO IMPROVE ON IN YOUR INDUSTRY?

I hope to improve the standard of the industry, so parents can actually send their kids to film school or at least give their kids the freedom to choose between the normal regular jobs, or other creative jobs like filming, photography, event management, etc.