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Creator Spotlight: Giulia Gartner
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Creator Spotlight: Giulia Gartner
Can you tell us a little about yourself and your background?
My name is Giulia and 19 year old self-taught travel & lifestyle photographer. I am based in a small village in the heart of the Dolomites in northern Italy. I can call myself lucky to live in this area, to have such beautiful mountains right on my door step. Through photography I have learned to appreciate more and more the place I live in. I want to tell stories, to inspire people to get outside and discover the beauty of this world.
How did you become a photographer?
As a kid, I was always driven by arts, whether it was music, painting or taking pictures. I took the digital camera of my mother and went out to point and shoot at everything around me. On my 14th birthday, I got my first DSLR camera and I enjoyed taking pictures of my friends, on vacations and even some landscapes now and then. Last September when I did my driving license I started to explore and go to places that were close to my home. I loved being outside and explore the different areas and one day I decided to take my camera with me. I rediscovered my passion for photography and decided to invest in a good full frame camera. I will never regret this move. Every time I went out to take pictures I learned something new about photography and look at things differently and I started sharing my pictures on Instagram and here I am today.
What do you look for in a subject?
I think for me personally the most important thing is the light, I love to shoot in the morning although you have to wake up very early and I really like sleeping. However it is worth it, I often go camping in the mountains so when I wake up I am ready to shoot and don’t have to hike in the dark. I especially love shooting mountains and waters, there is something magical about how lakes and the ocean look from above. I always try to find a foreground and a background I also like working with different layers to create depth.
What does the community aspect of Instagram mean to you?
Instagram is a very useful tool to meet like-minded people who share similar interests. Connecting through Instagram and interacting with people from all around the world is probably the best thing next to sharing your work with them.
Follow Giulia Gartner on Instagram, here.
