Some people have to wait a lifetime to discover their real purpose in life.
But for talented photographer, Adeola Abdulrasdeed, founder of Cameraman.ng, that time came when life presented the opportunity for him while still an undergraduate.
Since then, he has pursued his passion and turned it into a profitable business.
Cameraman.ng does not just provide photography services to clients; it also connects users to professional photographers and videographers within their locality.
Adeola is now a UI x UX designer and photographer.
He was inspired to establish Cameraman.ng out of his love and passion for capturing memories. While still an undergraduate, he built D’AwareImages to capture existing memories in school. As a result of its success, he was inspired to venture into photography.
“I started and successfully built D’AwareImages while still in school because I loved to capture memories and that develop my interest in photography,” he said.
After his tertiary education, Adeola picked up a job in photography to equip himself with the acquired skills and after a year, he established Cameraman.ng in 2017.
The graphics designer started his business with N200, 000, an amount he was able to raise from family and friends. After few months of starting, he won €1000 in the Co-Creation Hub NextEconomy Acceleration Programme Challenge.
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The Yaba Tech graduate told Start-Up-Digest that he used the money to further expand the business and develop it scope in the Nigerian photography market.
The young entrepreneur said that despite the large numbers of already established talents in the country’s photography business, Cameraman.ng has been able to create a niche market for itself leveraging technology, stating that the business has continued to grow since starting.
“We outsmart our competition by leveraging technology to deliver photography services with the fast automated booking system and affordable packages for all categories of customers using reliable professional photographers and videographer,” the young entrepreneur said.
Speaking on how the platform connects users to photographers and videographers across the country with just a click, Adeola said, “Cameraman.ng instantly matches you with professional photographers and videographers with just a few clicks around your locality.”
“We have made the platform easy and affordable to users who are willing to capture and record every beautiful moment of their events,” he added.
On how the photographers and videographers are selected by the organisation, he said, “For the photographers and videographers, we have a created a form that allows us to vet them and know who is fit for the platform because we have pledged to give our users the very best. We also invite them to a physical meeting to get a better knowledge of who they are and their personalities.”
Answering questions on the challenges confronting the business, he said that funding remains the major challenge confronting the business, noting that a lot of youths with entrepreneurial skills are limited by absence of funds to see their ideas to fruition.
He added that the country’s huge infrastructural gap is also another challenge facing his business.
He urged the government to provide key infrastructure such as power, good road network, good and affordable office spaces and forums for learning and collaboration, especially for start-ups.
Adeola told Start-Up-Digest that his business plans to “expand its solutions across the continent, as we are all about capturing irreplaceable moments; and of course, everyone has a day in their life they want to capture forever, so we want to capture it for them at a great price.”
He said he currently works with an amazing team that have brought the business to its current position, among whom are Ademosu Adetutu, who has seven years’ experience in brand design; Abdulazeez with vast knowledge in technology, and Bosun Tijani, who is their mentor.
On his advice to other entrepreneurs, Adeola said, “Your mind is a soil, what you plant grows. So always push yourself to the limit and you would realise you can still push further. Never stop, Keep on Keeping on.”
Josephine Okojie
