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EKU en DAYO, an Abrahim Fedrick Harding concept.

As is often the case with major life changes, my pursuit of a Director Of Photography came quite suddenly. On July 4, 2018, the birthday of my daughter I sat in a flight to Ghana and considered my career. You see, I had worked with filmmakers for years, and while there was certainly joy to be found there, I wanted more. It was in this moment of cold brew coffee induced contemplation that I found my path…I would become a cinematographer (cue the laugh track from the doubters).

colleagues will often discuss the myriad of ideas that pop in and out of their heads at any given moment, but I had become adept at pushing those ideas aside for so very long; that’s not to say that I hadn’t dabbled in storytelling or had left numerous unfinished screenplays growing dust, but I had never taken cinematography seriously. If I took this pursuit seriously, there would be…pain, excitement, rejection, acceptance, losses, wins and an endless barrage of near misses.

With a gulp and an exhalation of anxiety, my journey began.

After few years of toiling, there have been far more down moments than up, but what if we were able to simplify our pursuit? What if we weren’t so enveloped in our own desires for success/money/recognition that we were able to find an endless inkwell of joy at our fingertips? The opportunity is there if you take it.

Working with the German weltfilme people from Berlin and Director Frank Raja Arase from Nigeria and Ghana, African world best Director and Zack Orjie I now considered my strategies that is taken me through my darkest moments in this filmmaking journey, and allowed me to reconnect with the very essence of my Pursuit.