RAINE MAGAZINE Volume 8 | Innovate
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Through the Eyes of Yila<br />
RESEARCHED BY N. LOR<strong>RAINE</strong><br />
Yila L Dong, originally from China, started her photography journey 8 years<br />
ago. She fell in love with photography when a friend recommended Magnum’s website to<br />
her. After seeing those world top pictures taken by some of the most famous journalist<br />
photographers, she was desperate for an SLR camera. Like many other photography<br />
newbies, she dreamed about taking the same level pictures someday; but at that time she<br />
couldn’t afford a very basic SLR camera.<br />
Finally, about 8 years ago, she spent her savings on her first toy - a Canon SLR<br />
film camera which opened this new world to her. She also started teaching herself dark<br />
room processing for black and white photos. Due to digital technology not yer being<br />
popular at that time, this new found hobby became very expensive for her.<br />
With Yila’s natural talent and effort, her pictures were gradually recognized by<br />
her friends and coworkers. Soon after, an international company – IBM, invited her to be<br />
the event photographer for their large marketing events, which gave her lots of chances to<br />
improve fast-capturing skills. As a result, her photography continued to improve. She was<br />
totally self-taught without attending any official photography course, and the images from<br />
her documentary as well as her event and landscape pictures, started to get published in<br />
magazines.<br />
Besides landcape photos, Yila also has a love for fashion. Yila’s fashion photography<br />
started after she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2007, a fashion designer<br />
recognized Yila’s photography potential in the fashion industry and picked her to be his new<br />
design photographer. The fashion pictures she took became quickly well-known by many<br />
people in town. Besides taking pictures, Yila has been teaching photography at an art school<br />
in Vancouver since 2008.<br />
Yila doesn’t want to stick to one style, she is always ready to take a challenge and<br />
try something new. If you ask her what her best picture is, she will say: “There are no best<br />
pictures but only better ones”, because she knows one’s creativity should never end.<br />
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