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I love my people. tastemaker • artist • photographer ig: @zaravisuals + @sonnestudios

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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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Hey Twitter, my name is Zara, I am a 25 yr old black woman and I just opened an affordable, professional studio + event space for photographers, filmmakers, stylists, and creatives. One RT could bring us our next booking 🙏🏼✨
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Hey Twitter, my name is Zara, I am a portrait photographer based in Baltimore, MD and I love to make black women feel beautiful 💕 One RT could help me find my next client 🫶🏼📸
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and every month I host a mixer + open studio in downtown baltimore to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and every month I host a mixer + open studio in downtown baltimore to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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POV: I’m your photographer 🫶🏼🥰📸
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Hi Twitter my name is Zara, I am a 25 year old black woman, and in 5 days I’m going to have my first ever art exhibition 🥹 one RT could connect me to the next artist I can exhibit with🤎
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and every month I host a mixer + open studio in downtown baltimore to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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Peace Twitter! My name is Zara, last night I curated a creative mixer for DMV artists and photographers. This is how it went:
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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Hey Twitter, my name is Zara, I am a 24 yr old black woman and I just opened an affordable, professional studio for photographers, filmmakers, stylists, and MUAs. One RT could bring us our next booking 💖
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and I’m hosting an ice cream social on 11/12 to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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How to soften lights for your subject using diffusion 🔆🔅📸🥰
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Some of my favorite locations as a DMV photographer (a thread)
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every man’s love language is respect, and there is no amount of gifts, compliments, or acts of service that will make up for the lack of it.
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I did a comparison of how different modifiers affect your lighting so you don’t have to: cc: @sonnestudios
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Hey Twitter, my name is Zara, I am a 25 yr old black woman and I am curating my first ever art exhibition called “Black Love, Honor, and Respect” at @sonnestudios for Black history month. One RT could create a special connection ❤️✊🏿🫀✊🏽
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hello my name is Zara, I am a photographer and I love making black women look and feel beautiful 📸🤎
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and I’m hosting an ice cream social on 4/30 to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and I’m hosting an ice cream social on 1/14 to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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this might be the coolest networking event in the DMV 👀
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and once a year I curate a soulful, live music showcase event to give a platform to local musicians in the DMV. One RT could give a talented artist the platform they deserve! ☀️
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more work ❤️ @zaravisuals on IG
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Hey Twitter, my name is Zara, I am a 24 yr old black woman and last year I opened up an affordable, professional studio for photographers, filmmakers, and creatives. One RT could bring us our next booking❤️
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took these self portraits in NY last week 🌿☀️
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How to do a moody 3 light setup 🔦✨
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and I’m hosting an ice cream social on 11/12 to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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the photographer <> her photos
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Last night I hosted my first SOLD OUT networking event. The fact that people traveled all the way from Florida, South Carolina, Virgina, and Texas to visit is extremely humbling. Thank you all for an amazing night 🌸🌞
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you are not my competition because I don’t want what God got for you, and you can’t have what God got for me.
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shot @foggieraw at Sonne Studios 📸☀️ ig: @zaravisuals
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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i love to cook 💖😊
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Continue with your goals even if others don’t understand
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Hey Twitter, my name is Zara, I am a 23 yr old black woman and last year I opened up an affordable, professional studio for photographers, filmmakers, and creatives. One RT could bring us our next booking❤️
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construction vs completion 💅🏼
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will be announcing the December Sonne Daes mixer very soon here: 😊
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motivation has an expiration date, and when it dies, discipline must take its place
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in my humble opinion 💖
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Baltimore Studio
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photographers: quote this tweet with the best photos you’ve ever shot
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Hey X, my name is Zara, and when I was 22 years old I opened one of Baltimore’s first production studios for photographers and videographers 📸💕
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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don’t be bitter when you see someone else reaping the benefits of doing the work you refused to do.
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1. Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD huge outdoor location with tons of versatility. lots of nature, and a great view of the city. I love doing couples shoots here, especially in the spring and summer!
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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loving a black man is revolutionary supporting a black man is revolutionary marrying a black man is revolutionary having his black children is revolutionary
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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laziness will deprive you of everything you could become
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What is now known as @sonnestudios started as just a small corner in my apartment living room with a backdrop and some cheap construction lights. It is now a 3,300 sq ft space with 5 studios 😊 hard work and patience absolutely pays off!
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Baltimore Studio
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me as a baby <> me now
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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Friendly reminder that Xmas is a pagan, white supremacist holiday rooted in slavery, and Christ was born in the spring, not winter ✨
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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I ❤️ black people
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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hi I’m a photographer and I love to see black people in love 🫂💕 ig: @zaravisuals
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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Did my first 70s-themed creative networking event at @sonnestudios and sold over 100 tickets! Thank you to everyone that came out to vibe and connect 🫶🏼🔆🍨
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I got to photograph this lovely couple’s wedding 🥹🤎
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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you can have the most gorgeous face, flawless makeup, and designer outfits - but if you have an ugly spirit, you are an ugly person
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if your husband pays all the bills and you don’t have to work, there is absolutely no reason why he shouldn’t come home to a fresh, hot, home-cooked meal every day
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in order to truly love a man you must first respect him
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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Thank you for the feature!
@theblkren
BLACK RENAISSANCE
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Zara Israel. Photographer. Baltimore, MD.
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photographers: quote this tweet with your best portraits of beautiful black people 🫶🏽
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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everybody wants wisdom, but nobody wants the trials it’ll takes to get it
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if you are a creative or entreprenuer in the DMV - there's a mixer + ice cream social every month in downtown Baltimore that you may love called "Sonne Daes"😊
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An amateur does it til he gets it right A professional does it til he can’t get it wrong
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8. The Hirshhorn Museum Washington D.C. super eclectic museum with changing / interactive installations and beautiful architecture on both the inside and outside
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ain’t no shortcuts with God
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2. Miami Beach Park Middle River, MD Basically a mini beach. You can get some of the most amazing sunrise/sunset photos here. The sun rises right over the water side
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some more shots of the space 😊 ig: @sonnestudios
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your network is your net worth
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A team mentality is essential for a healthy relationship. The moment you prioritize your selfish desires over your man’s is the moment you lose
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are you going through it? or are you growing through it?
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to whom much is given much is tested
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your strength lies in your ability to contain your emotions, not your ability to express them
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many will marry with emotion and that is why they will divorce with logic ask questions early, or you will be forced to find your answers when it’s already too late
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put negativity in, you will always get negativity out
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give your man peace, not problems
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Hey Twitter! My name is Zara, and TONIGHT I’m hosting an ice cream social + open studio to connect the DMV creative community together. One RT could create a valuable connection ☀️
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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in order to qualify for princess treatment, you must first conduct yourself as a princess
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be true to yourself - at the end of the day that’s who you have to look at in the mirror
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men DO love strong women a woman’s strength lies in her ability to: - maintain her integrity in spite of her emotions - discipline her eating habits - be feminine and submissive - control her mouth and speak kindly
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why be bitter when you can be better?
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If a group of men made a cake saying “women suck” and stabbed it, they’d be labeled “misogynists”. Why is bashing men socially acceptable?
@MadeNChynna
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MEN SUCK (not mine tho 💅🏽) collabed with my sisters on a concept photoshoot: DEATH TO VALENTINES DAY 💔 my nail tech sis has a sale going on: $20 off long/XL nail sets! 💅🏽 book with her here!: #dmv #dmvnailtech
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communication destroys confusion.
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5. Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) Baltimore, MD so many installations and colors here, this is a cool space to be in general, but it’s also one of my favorite places for more creative portraits, inside and outside!
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ladies, put more effort into your relationship than you do into your job
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3. Sonne Studios @sonnestudios Baltimore, MD Black owned studio space with tons of props, lighting, and multiple different sets and spaces. The natural light there is also incredible. The studio is super clean and the staff are always friendly and helpful!
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endure the pain of change so that you do not have to endure the pain of regret
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satan always gonna present the temptation when you at your lowest point
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4. Union Station Washington D.C. amazing architecture, multiple stories, and a great place to take photos inside or outside - these don’t even do it justice.
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Zara | Baltimore Photographer
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tickets for December are up now 🤍
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2 SIMPLE hacks to increase your rizz 🔥
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femininity and submission are superpowers
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if your man is a king, you better worship him
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instead of criticizing your man for everything he is not, why don't you try appreciating him for everything he is?
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Beyonce will tell you your man is replaceable and then stick with a man who cheats. Cardi B will tell you she don’t cook or clean as a married woman who cooks and cleans. Keep falling for the game
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getting comfortable with someone is not an excuse to disrespect them
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don’t complain when God starts giving you everything you prayed for
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if you attract “trash men” its likely because you yourself are a trash woman
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6. Towson University Campus Towson, MD the obvious reason to take photos on a college campus would be to take grad photos, but Towson’s campus is so well-kept that I’ve done several photo shoots here just because!
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don’t let your pride deprive you of your greatness
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it is an unmatched feeling to have a friend who knows how to bring the best out of you
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these days common sense is considered controversial and honesty is considered hate speech
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foresight is mandatory for the preservation of one’s soul
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ladies, if you are blessed enough to be in a relationship with a good man, please treat him like the king he is
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say no to distractions so you can say yes to the things you truly want out of life
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