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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola with his late Principal, Susan Harvey aka Goldie |
If you meet Sunmisola Olorunnisola, you will think you are meeting a CNN
war photo reporter with the kind of gadgets at his disposal which are mainly
used to achieve one thing–Creative Photography. His second name is actually “Photography”.
He eats, drinks and sneeze photography. But his brand of clients does not
belong to the average class, Sunmisola
whose father is the Director of Public Affairs, Palace of the Ooni of The
Source—Ile-Ife, Chief Funmilola Olorunisola is the darling of several
Nigerian movie and music celebrities who enjoy the creative dynamics of his
works.
war photo reporter with the kind of gadgets at his disposal which are mainly
used to achieve one thing–Creative Photography. His second name is actually “Photography”.
He eats, drinks and sneeze photography. But his brand of clients does not
belong to the average class, Sunmisola
whose father is the Director of Public Affairs, Palace of the Ooni of The
Source—Ile-Ife, Chief Funmilola Olorunisola is the darling of several
Nigerian movie and music celebrities who enjoy the creative dynamics of his
works.
Among them are Nollywood stars like Fred
Amata, Desmond Elliot, Genevive Nnaji; Ghanaian Televisions
star Joselyn Dumas, Football star Ogenyi Onazi, rapper Eva, lategospel music star Kefee, Ovation Magazine publisher, Chief (Dr.) Dele Momodu and a host of
others too numerous to mention. Sunmisola
handles their pictures perfectly well and in most cases act the role of the
director of “Portrait Photograph” for his numerous clients who are celebrities.
He equally does it with uncommon zeal and a rare passion; to him, the name of
the game is Celebrity/Fashion Photography.
Sunmisola who is a 2012 graduate of
Mass Communication, BOWEN University,
Iwo, won the trophy of Most Enterprising
Student in his graduating year. But for him, the best agent of Mass
Communication is a good photograph which can say much of the personality than
words.
This whiz kid in his early twenties is unleashing his talent on the
Nigerian entertainment industry. In the last one year, his exclusive and out-of-this-world
brand of photographs have graced the cover of Ovation International magazine and other high class journals yet, Sunmisola is just starting his
game. For a year and few weeks, he was
signed by late music star, Susan Harvey
aka Goldie as her Official
Photographer. They traveled together and did a lot of creative things together.
Today, Sunmisola the Ijebu Jesha
born Photographer who studied Mass Communication but chose to follow his
passion—Photography is set to change the game of celebrity photography in Nigeria.
In a rare display of journalistic innovation, your number one Celebrity
encounter blog asabeafrika smoked
Sunmisola out of his creative base couple of days ago and unleashed him to the
world for the first time. Sunmisola
who recently carried out an on-top-of-the Yatch photo shoot for star actress Monalisa Chinda was in a mood to talk
to us as he opened up for the first time on his life, career, father ,
relationship with Goldie and other matters. It is one chat you will find very
interesting. Enjoy the excerpts.
Nigerian entertainment industry. In the last one year, his exclusive and out-of-this-world
brand of photographs have graced the cover of Ovation International magazine and other high class journals yet, Sunmisola is just starting his
game. For a year and few weeks, he was
signed by late music star, Susan Harvey
aka Goldie as her Official
Photographer. They traveled together and did a lot of creative things together.
Today, Sunmisola the Ijebu Jesha
born Photographer who studied Mass Communication but chose to follow his
passion—Photography is set to change the game of celebrity photography in Nigeria.
In a rare display of journalistic innovation, your number one Celebrity
encounter blog asabeafrika smoked
Sunmisola out of his creative base couple of days ago and unleashed him to the
world for the first time. Sunmisola
who recently carried out an on-top-of-the Yatch photo shoot for star actress Monalisa Chinda was in a mood to talk
to us as he opened up for the first time on his life, career, father ,
relationship with Goldie and other matters. It is one chat you will find very
interesting. Enjoy the excerpts.
“I communicate with my
photography; I tell people what I feel. When I am sad, I take pictures and everybody
can actually understand and relate my feelings with the photograph. And when it
comes to celebrities’ pictures, I actually love taking portraits. I came to a
particular point in my life that I believed that taking portraits for
celebrities is going to add more value to my work. And that was the real tonic
that drove me high into taking pictures for celebrities.”
My name is Sunmisola Olorunnisola
Sunmisola
started by introducing his personality and job to asabeafrika “First and
foremost, let me appreciate the honor. I count it as an honor for you to look
for me and talk to me, precisely about my job. My name is Sunmisola
Olorunnisola, I am simply a photographer. We have different areas in
photography but I like to define myself as a fashion and celebrity
photographer. I am a graduate of Mass Communications, BOWEN University”.
started by introducing his personality and job to asabeafrika “First and
foremost, let me appreciate the honor. I count it as an honor for you to look
for me and talk to me, precisely about my job. My name is Sunmisola
Olorunnisola, I am simply a photographer. We have different areas in
photography but I like to define myself as a fashion and celebrity
photographer. I am a graduate of Mass Communications, BOWEN University”.
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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola with Actress Monalisa Chinda during a boat cruise shoot in Lagos |
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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola tells the story with Romance through lense |
Me and Fashion/Celebrity Photography
We asked if
photography had always been what Sunmi wanted
to do or it was an accident of choice. His answer gave more revelation “I will
say it is a combination of both circumstances. One, right from age nine to ten,
I have always loved fashion. I love photography. And I equally love
celebrities, back in the days, because of the kind of work my dad does (A
television producer) we do see lots of celebrities on television and I would
say ‘how I wish I can have a picture with this celebrity or that celebrity?’
and as time went on, I just discovered that I could reach a lot of them through
my passion which is photography and I could also mix it with fashion also; so,
I decided to narrow down my photography to fashion and celebrity. I major in
celebrity photography, so I work with celebrities, fashion outfits and models
as well”.
photography had always been what Sunmi wanted
to do or it was an accident of choice. His answer gave more revelation “I will
say it is a combination of both circumstances. One, right from age nine to ten,
I have always loved fashion. I love photography. And I equally love
celebrities, back in the days, because of the kind of work my dad does (A
television producer) we do see lots of celebrities on television and I would
say ‘how I wish I can have a picture with this celebrity or that celebrity?’
and as time went on, I just discovered that I could reach a lot of them through
my passion which is photography and I could also mix it with fashion also; so,
I decided to narrow down my photography to fashion and celebrity. I major in
celebrity photography, so I work with celebrities, fashion outfits and models
as well”.
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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola with Ovation Publisher, Bashorun Dele Momodu |
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| Sunmisola’s photo lense got her sprouting on her bed |
Photography according to Sunmisola
Olorunnisola
Olorunnisola
Apart from taking pictures of
celebrities and their fashion sense, what again fascinates Sunmisola about Photography? “One, I believe photography is an art
and I appreciate arts. I am an arts lover. And to some extent, fashion also is
an art. So, when I see good fashion, when I see people putting on clothes, it
turns me on. It spurs me with lots of visuals and if my camera is there, I will
just love to take the picture and make something out of it. That is my passion;
I am always pleasant with myself when I see celebrities putting on various
kinds of outfits and making all sorts of fashion statements with it and for me,
that is it! Because photography itself is a tool of information dissemination;
photography is a strong tool you can use to pass a message; I am very aware of
this because I am a communication student.
I studied mass communication in school and that makes me a mass
communicator and the basic art of mass communication is to communicate. And
that I have transferred to my own kind of photography. I communicate with my
photography; I tell people what I feel. When I am sad, I take pictures and everybody
can actually understand and relate my feelings with the photograph. And when it
comes to celebrities’ pictures, I actually love taking portraits. I came to a
particular point in my life that I believed that taking portraits for
celebrities is going to add more value to my work. And that was the real tonic
that drove me high into taking pictures for celebrities. I said to myself,
‘okay, why can’t you just be taking portraits for celebrities?’ and i bound
myself with that passion and believe me, it has really worked for me because
that is what has opened so many doors for me. I take pictures for celebrities
and I feel fulfilled doing that”.
celebrities and their fashion sense, what again fascinates Sunmisola about Photography? “One, I believe photography is an art
and I appreciate arts. I am an arts lover. And to some extent, fashion also is
an art. So, when I see good fashion, when I see people putting on clothes, it
turns me on. It spurs me with lots of visuals and if my camera is there, I will
just love to take the picture and make something out of it. That is my passion;
I am always pleasant with myself when I see celebrities putting on various
kinds of outfits and making all sorts of fashion statements with it and for me,
that is it! Because photography itself is a tool of information dissemination;
photography is a strong tool you can use to pass a message; I am very aware of
this because I am a communication student.
I studied mass communication in school and that makes me a mass
communicator and the basic art of mass communication is to communicate. And
that I have transferred to my own kind of photography. I communicate with my
photography; I tell people what I feel. When I am sad, I take pictures and everybody
can actually understand and relate my feelings with the photograph. And when it
comes to celebrities’ pictures, I actually love taking portraits. I came to a
particular point in my life that I believed that taking portraits for
celebrities is going to add more value to my work. And that was the real tonic
that drove me high into taking pictures for celebrities. I said to myself,
‘okay, why can’t you just be taking portraits for celebrities?’ and i bound
myself with that passion and believe me, it has really worked for me because
that is what has opened so many doors for me. I take pictures for celebrities
and I feel fulfilled doing that”.
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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola with Star Actess Rachael Oniga during a location shot |
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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola with best friend Folla Tella chatting up Celebrity Actress Clarion Chukwura Abiola during a photo shoot |
How Dad ignited my career
We asked Sunmi to describe his father; Chief Funmilola Olorunnisola who is the Director of Public Affairs to the
Palace of the Ooni of the Source
(Ile-Ife) and what you hear from him confirms the kind of discipline he got
from such an erudite media practitioner. Hear Sunmi on Funmi “One
thing I will tell you about my father is that, he is a pathfinder. Without him,
I don’t know where I will be now. I don’t even think I would have been able to
discover my talent. He has been a
fundamental part of my success. A strong factor in my professional development;
he always wants me to think and work. Moreover, he is my tutor when it comes to
photography. I actually fell in love
with photography because then, my father will pick up a camera and take some
pictures. He loves pictures and he always takes his own pictures and I derived
joy, I derived passion and I derived the whole inspiration from him. And it got
to a time he will just call on me and say “Hey, Sunmisola, come, take me this
portrait. Just take me and give me this portrait shoot”, and then I was small
and since then, I started developing interest in photography. So, he is like my
tutor. And he once told me that if he wasn’t engaged with what he is doing now,
he would have been a photographer; that photography has been a part of his
dream and I thank God that I am helping him to achieve that dream now
(Laughter). My father actually bought my first camera for me. And let me also
tell you this; when I told him that I want to be a photographer, unlike every
other parent who will scold, shout down and try to talk the child out of such
decisions, my dad turned out to be different. Funny enough, my dad and my mum
said ‘ok, if that is what you want, may God help you’ and they both gave their
blessing. They jointly supported me in their own capacity and trust me; they
have been a strong pillar of support for my career, making sure that I achieve
whatever I desire in this field. Making sure that I find fulfillment in my
chosen profession, I am actually grateful to God for giving me such a wonderful
parent”.
Palace of the Ooni of the Source
(Ile-Ife) and what you hear from him confirms the kind of discipline he got
from such an erudite media practitioner. Hear Sunmi on Funmi “One
thing I will tell you about my father is that, he is a pathfinder. Without him,
I don’t know where I will be now. I don’t even think I would have been able to
discover my talent. He has been a
fundamental part of my success. A strong factor in my professional development;
he always wants me to think and work. Moreover, he is my tutor when it comes to
photography. I actually fell in love
with photography because then, my father will pick up a camera and take some
pictures. He loves pictures and he always takes his own pictures and I derived
joy, I derived passion and I derived the whole inspiration from him. And it got
to a time he will just call on me and say “Hey, Sunmisola, come, take me this
portrait. Just take me and give me this portrait shoot”, and then I was small
and since then, I started developing interest in photography. So, he is like my
tutor. And he once told me that if he wasn’t engaged with what he is doing now,
he would have been a photographer; that photography has been a part of his
dream and I thank God that I am helping him to achieve that dream now
(Laughter). My father actually bought my first camera for me. And let me also
tell you this; when I told him that I want to be a photographer, unlike every
other parent who will scold, shout down and try to talk the child out of such
decisions, my dad turned out to be different. Funny enough, my dad and my mum
said ‘ok, if that is what you want, may God help you’ and they both gave their
blessing. They jointly supported me in their own capacity and trust me; they
have been a strong pillar of support for my career, making sure that I achieve
whatever I desire in this field. Making sure that I find fulfillment in my
chosen profession, I am actually grateful to God for giving me such a wonderful
parent”.
Dad by me |
When we
asked Sunmi to describe his dad in
full details; a hot or a cold dad, he started like this “Let me tell you, my
dad would spank me if I did the wrong thing. My dad will beat the hell out of
me if I did the wrong thing; my dad will scold me if I did the wrong thing; my
dad doesn’t take nonsense. No nonsense person, he doesn’t accept it. He is
principled, in fact it got to a stage I was afraid of him and whenever they say
‘Daddy n bo o’ (Daddy is coming) I rush out of the place. But by and large, he
is a level headed person who wants things to be done the right way. He strikes
the balance, he is a good father and in my own opinion, the best father in the
world. The only thing is don’t disappoint him. Don’t just disappoint him that
is the law. And he is a very democratic father; he gives all his children the
room to express themselves. He gave us a
large room to express ourselves and if it is good, it is good and if it is
wrong, he gives you a second side of the coin and say ‘ok, why can’t you do it
this way?’ and you realize that once you do it that way, you get result. A
happy family, a happy father, so loved by his children and he always say to us
that his best asset are his children. He will tell you that he is not working
for anybody except us. He want to see us in a big place; he will tell us that
where he is now, he wants us to carry it ten thousand times above him and that
is what we are working at. That is our watch word now because we just want to
make him proud”.
asked Sunmi to describe his dad in
full details; a hot or a cold dad, he started like this “Let me tell you, my
dad would spank me if I did the wrong thing. My dad will beat the hell out of
me if I did the wrong thing; my dad will scold me if I did the wrong thing; my
dad doesn’t take nonsense. No nonsense person, he doesn’t accept it. He is
principled, in fact it got to a stage I was afraid of him and whenever they say
‘Daddy n bo o’ (Daddy is coming) I rush out of the place. But by and large, he
is a level headed person who wants things to be done the right way. He strikes
the balance, he is a good father and in my own opinion, the best father in the
world. The only thing is don’t disappoint him. Don’t just disappoint him that
is the law. And he is a very democratic father; he gives all his children the
room to express themselves. He gave us a
large room to express ourselves and if it is good, it is good and if it is
wrong, he gives you a second side of the coin and say ‘ok, why can’t you do it
this way?’ and you realize that once you do it that way, you get result. A
happy family, a happy father, so loved by his children and he always say to us
that his best asset are his children. He will tell you that he is not working
for anybody except us. He want to see us in a big place; he will tell us that
where he is now, he wants us to carry it ten thousand times above him and that
is what we are working at. That is our watch word now because we just want to
make him proud”.
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| Sunmisola’s dad, Chief Funmilola Olorunnisola, Director of Public Affairs to the Ooni of Ife HRM, Okunade Sijuade |
Dad, Ooni of Ife and I
We asked if the fact that Sunmi’s Dad works
with one of Africa’s most influential traditional ruler robs well on him and
what he said is pinpointing “Well, one thing about my dad is that he cherishes
his culture a lot. And I must tell you this, if you are his child, you must
first understand the basis and basics of Yoruba as a culture and heritage. The
history of Yoruba, my dad took passionate time to tell us about the history,
culture, norms and philosophy of Yoruba. He does that from time to time. He will
give us proverbs and ask us to interpret the proverbs; he is a passionate
teacher in that regards and he takes time to train us all in that aspect. He
always tells us the culture and he will say ‘this is what the culture says and
you have to follow culture’. He always wanted us to be the pride of the Yoruba
people which I think has robbed on me to a very large extent. I can
conveniently tell you now that I am a proud Yoruba boy”.
with one of Africa’s most influential traditional ruler robs well on him and
what he said is pinpointing “Well, one thing about my dad is that he cherishes
his culture a lot. And I must tell you this, if you are his child, you must
first understand the basis and basics of Yoruba as a culture and heritage. The
history of Yoruba, my dad took passionate time to tell us about the history,
culture, norms and philosophy of Yoruba. He does that from time to time. He will
give us proverbs and ask us to interpret the proverbs; he is a passionate
teacher in that regards and he takes time to train us all in that aspect. He
always tells us the culture and he will say ‘this is what the culture says and
you have to follow culture’. He always wanted us to be the pride of the Yoruba
people which I think has robbed on me to a very large extent. I can
conveniently tell you now that I am a proud Yoruba boy”.
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| Sunmisola with music icon, Bisade Ologunde aka Lagbaja |
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| This is celebrity photo art by Sunmisola Olorunnisola |
Dad, not an Ife man
This blog thought since Sunmi’s dad
works as the head of the Directorate of Public Affairs, Palace of the Ooni of
Ile-Ife, he must be an Ife indigene but the whizkid changed our views “That is
not correct, my mum is from Ile-Ife, and my dad is Ijebu-Jesha. You know there
is this very famous jest people do, they will say “Ijebu o da, Ijesha O suwon
(Ijebu is bad, Ijesha is equally not good), and somebody now tell you that he
is Ijebu-Jesha, meaning that you have literarily joined the two bad items
togther (Laughter). Anyway, that is a joke by the side, reality is always far
from the joke but the opinion I want to correct is that people often think I am
from Ile-Ife, no. I am from Ijebu-Jesha. I am proudly Ijebu-Jesha, providence
only brought my dad to Ile-Ife to work and he got his brief with the number one
of Ile-Ife, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, the Olubuse II. We Ijebu
Jesha people are very enterprising and industrious, we are the pride of Ijesha
land”.
works as the head of the Directorate of Public Affairs, Palace of the Ooni of
Ile-Ife, he must be an Ife indigene but the whizkid changed our views “That is
not correct, my mum is from Ile-Ife, and my dad is Ijebu-Jesha. You know there
is this very famous jest people do, they will say “Ijebu o da, Ijesha O suwon
(Ijebu is bad, Ijesha is equally not good), and somebody now tell you that he
is Ijebu-Jesha, meaning that you have literarily joined the two bad items
togther (Laughter). Anyway, that is a joke by the side, reality is always far
from the joke but the opinion I want to correct is that people often think I am
from Ile-Ife, no. I am from Ijebu-Jesha. I am proudly Ijebu-Jesha, providence
only brought my dad to Ile-Ife to work and he got his brief with the number one
of Ile-Ife, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, the Olubuse II. We Ijebu
Jesha people are very enterprising and industrious, we are the pride of Ijesha
land”.
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| The artistic lenses of Sunmisola olorunnisola got this actress opening her bedroom to the world |
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| Sunmisola with Actor Desmond Elliot during a Beach Photo shoot |
Ijebu-Jesha and Stinginess
We equally threw the gist to Sunmi to defend the general belief that
people of his Ijebu-Jesha tribe are
stingy and very crafty with money. The Celebrity photographer gave us a new
perception “I am not stingy; my father is not stingy. The only thing about us
is that we are focused; we want to succeed because success is a polygamist and
failure an orphan. We want to make it and we want to make it well; my dad will
always tell us to be proud of ourselves and be proud of our heritage. We should
be proud of our heritage and we should be proud of our family. That is the lot of the Ijebu-Jesha man. He is a man of enterprise and industry”.
people of his Ijebu-Jesha tribe are
stingy and very crafty with money. The Celebrity photographer gave us a new
perception “I am not stingy; my father is not stingy. The only thing about us
is that we are focused; we want to succeed because success is a polygamist and
failure an orphan. We want to make it and we want to make it well; my dad will
always tell us to be proud of ourselves and be proud of our heritage. We should
be proud of our heritage and we should be proud of our family. That is the lot of the Ijebu-Jesha man. He is a man of enterprise and industry”.
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| The Celebrity Photographer, Sunmisola with Actress Bisi Ibidapo-Obe aka Omo-logba-logba |
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| Sunmisola’s illumination of an actor’s fashion sense |
Me and my siblings
Sunmisola who is the second child and first son of his dad told us
more about his humble family “Yes, my sister used to work with the Nigerian
Embassy in Port-Novo (Benin Republic). She studied French but she later
proceeded to England at the University of Buckingham where she did her Masters
in Global Affairs. Her name is Tomilola. We are six of five boys
and an only girl who happens to be my senior sister, Tomilola. After her, I am
the next. I am the second born and the first boy. I have other brothers who are
all doing great in various schools in the country”.
more about his humble family “Yes, my sister used to work with the Nigerian
Embassy in Port-Novo (Benin Republic). She studied French but she later
proceeded to England at the University of Buckingham where she did her Masters
in Global Affairs. Her name is Tomilola. We are six of five boys
and an only girl who happens to be my senior sister, Tomilola. After her, I am
the next. I am the second born and the first boy. I have other brothers who are
all doing great in various schools in the country”.
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| A marvelous image costruction by Sunmisola Olorunnisola Photo |
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| A splendid imagery by Sunmi’s photo lense |
Why I did Masscom
On what
prompted him to study mass communications at BOWEN University, Sunmisola told
asabeafrika more “Well, I love communication but like back then, I wanted to
study theatre arts because I love directing. I love arts; I am just in love
with arts. So, when I wanted to go in, the public universities were going
through their normal instances of strikes and other wahala so I decided to opt for BOWEN University. I actually went to
BOWEN only to discover that there was no theatre arts curriculum at BOWEN,
there was only Mass Communications and I went for it. They wanted to give me sociology but I said
‘no, I am more of a communication person’ because arts communicates and that
helped me to go into mass communication because I think I have the flair, the
love and passion for communication”.
prompted him to study mass communications at BOWEN University, Sunmisola told
asabeafrika more “Well, I love communication but like back then, I wanted to
study theatre arts because I love directing. I love arts; I am just in love
with arts. So, when I wanted to go in, the public universities were going
through their normal instances of strikes and other wahala so I decided to opt for BOWEN University. I actually went to
BOWEN only to discover that there was no theatre arts curriculum at BOWEN,
there was only Mass Communications and I went for it. They wanted to give me sociology but I said
‘no, I am more of a communication person’ because arts communicates and that
helped me to go into mass communication because I think I have the flair, the
love and passion for communication”.
What I said on my valedictory night
that stunned many
that stunned many
We asked if Sunmisola went through a career
counselor and he replied thus “Not really, you know as usual, my dad
intervened. He was the major interventionist because I already knew what I wanted
to do. I could remember when we were doing our valedictory service back in
secondary school, there was an occasion when we were asked to stand up and tell
the assembly what we wanted to be in the future. And when the question was pushed to me, I stood
up and told the assembly that I wanted to be a cinematographer and that really
led to a lot of surprises on people’s faces. Everybody was like ‘Wao, what is
cinematographer?’ and I said ‘they are people that handle cameras and produce
films’. A combination of photography and videography, which leads to motion
pictures (Not still pictures). I told them that is what I wanted to be and the
whole assembly was surprised because everyone was saying I want to be a lawyer,
a doctor, a banker and other white collar profession available on school
curriculum. But I didn’t do that and it is because I love art, I love to
direct, I like to shoot and it is nothing too far from what I am doing now”.
counselor and he replied thus “Not really, you know as usual, my dad
intervened. He was the major interventionist because I already knew what I wanted
to do. I could remember when we were doing our valedictory service back in
secondary school, there was an occasion when we were asked to stand up and tell
the assembly what we wanted to be in the future. And when the question was pushed to me, I stood
up and told the assembly that I wanted to be a cinematographer and that really
led to a lot of surprises on people’s faces. Everybody was like ‘Wao, what is
cinematographer?’ and I said ‘they are people that handle cameras and produce
films’. A combination of photography and videography, which leads to motion
pictures (Not still pictures). I told them that is what I wanted to be and the
whole assembly was surprised because everyone was saying I want to be a lawyer,
a doctor, a banker and other white collar profession available on school
curriculum. But I didn’t do that and it is because I love art, I love to
direct, I like to shoot and it is nothing too far from what I am doing now”.
How I mastered Photography
We asked if Sunmisola attended any photography
institution after his university education and what he said stunned us “Funny
enough, people that appreciate my work do walk up to me and say ‘Sunmisola, I
love your pictures, where did you learn it from and how do I go about it?’ and
I do tell them that funny enough, I have never attended any photography unit.
Everything is just me; I developed myself by myself. I studied photography
myself and I have never been to any place to study photography, I studied it
myself. It is an inbuilt talent which I just developed by myself. I grew up
taking pictures and loving it and it became a culture after some time. Today we
have it as a career. So, it is an inborn talent that metamorphosed into a
career”.
institution after his university education and what he said stunned us “Funny
enough, people that appreciate my work do walk up to me and say ‘Sunmisola, I
love your pictures, where did you learn it from and how do I go about it?’ and
I do tell them that funny enough, I have never attended any photography unit.
Everything is just me; I developed myself by myself. I studied photography
myself and I have never been to any place to study photography, I studied it
myself. It is an inbuilt talent which I just developed by myself. I grew up
taking pictures and loving it and it became a culture after some time. Today we
have it as a career. So, it is an inborn talent that metamorphosed into a
career”.
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| Sunmisola with Star Actress Monalisa Chinda and her daughter |
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| This sexy Actress demonstrates her sexy mood through Sunmisola’s photo lense |
My Pictures on Ovation Cover
So many of Sunmisola Olorunnisola’s pictures has
graced cover of Ovation International Magazine owned by flamboyant publisher, Bashorun
(Dr.) Dele Momodu who also grew a part of his life in the Ooni of Ife’s
palace in Ile-Ife, how does the experience make Sunmi feel, seeing his works on
the cover of a world class magazine “It all started in 2010 while I was doing
my IT with Ovation International Magazine, which has been a very good
platform for me personally. Then, I went on a photo shooting assignment with my
photo editor to shoot the actress Genevive
Nnaji, I was the co-director of the work and that turned out to be my first
celebrity photo shoot. That was a popular one then as the picture made Ovation cover. After that experience, I started doing photo
shoots for the likes of Desmond Elliot, Monalisa Chinda, Susan
Peters, Kaycee the Musician and several others. That was in 2010. Then,
it became a tradition as I have done more since then. After the experience, I
went back to school to round up my program, and when I graduated and returned
in 2012, I came back to Lagos. The first photo shoot I did was for Big Brothers
Africa Star, Uti Nwachukwu, it was fun, luxury and very interesting. I also
did something with Joselyn Dumas, the Ghanaian television star, I did a photo shot
for Ogeniyi
Onaji, the footballer, I did Chika Ike the actor; I did Eva
the Rapper, I did for Skuki, I did one for Splash
the rapper. I did Fred Amata, the actor. I did a photo shoot for Koya
Abiodun
one of the leading Nigerian Opera singer in the United State of America. It was
a huge project and many other top rated people in Nigeria and around the world.
I am still counting but I can tell you that the industry is huge”.
graced cover of Ovation International Magazine owned by flamboyant publisher, Bashorun
(Dr.) Dele Momodu who also grew a part of his life in the Ooni of Ife’s
palace in Ile-Ife, how does the experience make Sunmi feel, seeing his works on
the cover of a world class magazine “It all started in 2010 while I was doing
my IT with Ovation International Magazine, which has been a very good
platform for me personally. Then, I went on a photo shooting assignment with my
photo editor to shoot the actress Genevive
Nnaji, I was the co-director of the work and that turned out to be my first
celebrity photo shoot. That was a popular one then as the picture made Ovation cover. After that experience, I started doing photo
shoots for the likes of Desmond Elliot, Monalisa Chinda, Susan
Peters, Kaycee the Musician and several others. That was in 2010. Then,
it became a tradition as I have done more since then. After the experience, I
went back to school to round up my program, and when I graduated and returned
in 2012, I came back to Lagos. The first photo shoot I did was for Big Brothers
Africa Star, Uti Nwachukwu, it was fun, luxury and very interesting. I also
did something with Joselyn Dumas, the Ghanaian television star, I did a photo shot
for Ogeniyi
Onaji, the footballer, I did Chika Ike the actor; I did Eva
the Rapper, I did for Skuki, I did one for Splash
the rapper. I did Fred Amata, the actor. I did a photo shoot for Koya
Abiodun
one of the leading Nigerian Opera singer in the United State of America. It was
a huge project and many other top rated people in Nigeria and around the world.
I am still counting but I can tell you that the industry is huge”.
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| Sunmisola the celebrity photographer with Star actress, Genevive Nnaji |
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| Sunmisola Olorunnisola with Darey Art Alade |
What the Experience with Celebrities
does to me
does to me
“It is
indeed a great experience; working with them is like you learning more and
having a factor of varieties in terms of understanding the idiosyncrasies of
many. You learn to handle each one’s taste according to their philosophies and
peculiar habit. It is a learning voyage”.
indeed a great experience; working with them is like you learning more and
having a factor of varieties in terms of understanding the idiosyncrasies of
many. You learn to handle each one’s taste according to their philosophies and
peculiar habit. It is a learning voyage”.
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| Sunmisola helps this actor illustrate himself in this portrait |
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| Sunmisola got this celebrity panting under his lenses |
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| Sunmi descibes a rapper in her element with his lense |
(Watch out for Part 2: How I met and fell in
love with Goldie; Read on this blog in 48 hours time.)
love with Goldie; Read on this blog in 48 hours time.)
