American photographer launches tips website
Justin Mott, an American photographer and TV personality who has been living and working in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, has launched a photography tips website and social media campaign to improve the skills of amateur photographers worldwide.
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The site at justinmott.com is where Mott shares his 10 years’ experience in working as a photographer for well-known news organizations such as the New York Times, Forbes, TIME and Conde Nast Traveler.
It provides aspiring photographers with secrets and skills for taking photos for specific purposes and how to do a photography business.
His social media campaign #AskMOTT is offered to encourage photography lovers to access a professional photography mentor online.
Anyone can post their images or questions online publicly with the AskMott hashtag on social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and Mott will find them and offer his professional advice and tips to make them better photographers.
The hashtag is also used for the #ShowMeYourBestShot weekly photo competition, where Mott rewards the week’s best amateur photographs with prizes.
Justin Mott is currently the star photographer in History Channel’s Photo Face-Off, a reality TV show airing throughout Asia. The next season of the program is expected to air in Vietnam.
Since 2007, he has been working as a contributing photographer for the New York Times for which he shot more than 100 assignments. He won many awards from TPOTY (Travel Photographer of the Year), NPPA (National Press Photographers Association), PDN (Photo District News), CPOY (College Photographer of the Year) and Missouri School of Journalism.
