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Photography Videography Brand / Company / Editorial Street Photography Workshop + Coaching Street Portrait Workshop with Model Tekumi Tokyo Creatives Photography Group Photo Editing Lessons Adobe Lightroom / Photoshop

events whether it's a party or an exhibition, tokyo is always sure to be hosting wild and creatives events. these are just a few through my lens.

studio "you don't take a photograph, you make it..." - ansel adams ​ with the opening of Tekumi studios I've been fortunate to start honing my craft indoors. starting always with a blank slate and inspiration from my daily life and other wonderful creatives, my journey into the studio environment in many ways is only just beginning. here are some recent portrait photography studio works.

photo editing lessons ​ “You don't take a photograph - you make it” — Ansel Adams ​ As someone who hosts a lot of studio and creative events in the city one thing that became evident to me was just how different the finished photographs looked from each photographer. We could shoot the same model and similar lighting setup but the finished results would always end up entirely different. ​ I firmly believe that the photograph taken in camera is one (major) piece of the puzzle but that editing is the secret sauce to speak in truly expressing yourself as an artist. It's something that can be very intimidating for a lot of beginners and even those with a lot of experience as photo editing programs start to take exciting new leaps in technology. ​ I edit nearly everyday from street photography to studio portraits where subtleties in retouching are required and over the years I have gained and mastered a lot of techniques in editing apps like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Let me take your photos to the next level with my one x one private lessons where I can give you all the tools, tips and techniques to simplify the process and in the end make editing enjoyable. Private Book time with me online or in person. Once I get to know where you are currently at in your editing, we can target the areas where you will see the quickest growth and change in how you approach editing in both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Whether it is street photography or portraits I will breakdown my workflow and show you my editing style. ​ Max Size: 1-4 persons ​ Cost: ¥9,000 / per hour (minimum 2 hours) ONLINE OR IN PERSON (Central Tokyo or my studio) ​ Locations: Online, central Tokyo cafe or my studio ​ Language: English, Japanese (intermediate) ​ Required Gear: Your computer installed with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop ​ BONUS: At the end of your first session of a minimum 2 hours I will either give you FREE a set of 10 of my exclusive Night Street Photography Presets for Lightroom OR a very detailed set of actions for Photoshop that will take your portrait photos to the next level in the shortest time. CONTACT

In Brief 8 + years Photography experience extensively in Japan 10 year business owner in Canada with $1m + sales yearly revenue MBA grad in Digital Technology Transformation specialization Founder of Tekumi Co, a brand content and networking company. Host a monthly studio workshop focusing on lighting and working with models. Currently run a twice weekly Tokyo Creatives Meetup group, one of the largest groups for creatives in Tokyo. Traveled to 26 (and counting) prefectures in Japan Can eat more sushi than would be considered classy My Story Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia by Turkish parents but lived most of my adult life in the French cosmopolitan city of Montréal, Quebec. Growing up in an immigrant household and experiencing both western and eastern Canada which are culturally quite different, has impacted my life in a truly Canadian sense. When I was young I used to collect and read Popular Photography magazines dreaming of owning a Canon EOS Rebel (I remember the Andre Agassi ads quite well!) and would often think about what sort of photos I would take. Photography, I guess you could say, was always in the cards but it’s time wouldn’t come until much later in my life. ​ My focus shifted a few short years later into music. DJ’ing at parties and raves in Vancouver in my early twenties would eventually lead me to graduating with a degree in Digital Music and Audio Engineering. Then making the move out east after graduation I stumbled into another domain completely unrelated but also filled with artistic talent. 3 years later I would graduate with another degree in Fashion Marketing which ultimately lead me to opening a successful fashion and lifestyle sales, marketing, import and distribution company which I founded in 2011, Stylepool Distribution . Stylepool was the exclusive distributor for several emerging and established fashion brands in the North American market and counted the likes of Urban Outfitters, Forever21, HBC, Ron Herman, LA Rag and many more well known businesses as our longstanding clients. In late 2015 I fulfilled a lifelong dream of coming to Japan. This is where my photography interest came back full circle and I’ve been spending many months a year since documenting this fascinating land of contrasts and wonderful people in what is widely regarded as a mecca for street photography doing my best in developing a style and voice that is uniquely mine. In 2020 I started to merge my street photography techniques with portraits pursing a passion to create unique and stylized environmental portraiture works. ​ In 2021 amidst border closures I did what looking back on now was the impossible and sold my business and moved to Tokyo while completing my MBA in Digital Business Transformation. Recently I launched a new company here in Tokyo called Tekumi Co Inc , focusing on content creation for brands and companies both international and locally as well as working freelance and hosting a weekly Meetup for Tokyo based creatives. ​ d. Contact I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect. hi@denizdemir.photos +81 80 7572 9064

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urban environmental, cityscape and street photography focusing on trains, buildings, concrete and lights. views from both the ground and high up on rooftops. this is daily life in the city. this is the urban jungle.