About me - hhfilm

My name is Hadi Hawili,
I'm a photographer and a videographer

I’m born in Senegal, originated from Lebanon and I moved to Canada at the age of 5 years old. So, I’m pretty much a Canadian in the mindset in between a Canadian and an immigrant. Too Canadian for Lebanese and too Lebanese for Canadian. Story of my life.

My father (rest his soul), was always holding a camera, taking pictures, making albums etc. And you know when someone is behind the scenes taking pictures and filming, he barely has pictures of himself. At his death, I’ve noticed that I don’t have many pictures of him. And as a photographer myself, I’ve noticed that I don’t have many pictures of myself besides selfies. Because I’m always behind the camera.

My Skills

89%

Portraits

This is me self-evaluating my skills. And I will be as much honest as possible. So, I've decided to not give it 90% because I feel that I have so much to learn, and I don't even know if I could ever achieve 90% because the more you learn the more you have questions instead of answers. I still give myself a good 89 and that is because it is the main field, I practiced for the last 4 years. I would say that my empathy makes people comfortable and for portrait, it is very important to not step in automatism.

80%

lifestyle

One of the most magical place to shoot in my opinion is the Old port of Montreal. Cons... I can never find parking ! 🙁

75%

Studio

I consider myself more of an outdoor photographer even though I'm well equipped for having full studio. I'd say because my studio is in my appartement, I will give myself 75%. You could be very surprised with what the results you can have in a small studio like mine. try me and you'll see.

85%

Real estate

I love working in real estate. I get the vibe of the place. I swear you can feel the soul of the house when shooting it. The energy is in the camera, and you feel it. This year I want to aim more my energy in this department because I really enjoy making houses look at their best.

Please note that this is a self-evaluation, anything between 90-100% in the artistic field is nearly impossible, simply because we always want to be better and improve every day. Especially when it’s a passion.

Why Choose Me?

EMPATHY

Not many photographers have the ability to make someone comfortable. My 20 years’ experience in customer service has led me to make people feel comfortable.

Professional skills

So many people go to a store, buys a camera and self-proclaim being a photographer. Then clients tell us ” I know someone who can make it cheaper than you.”. I tell them:” would you let someone who has just bought a scalpel claim that he can do your upcoming surgery?”.

efficient

While other photographers give 3-6 months of delivery time, in most of my jobs, I deliver after around 3 business days. I even offer instant unedited photos transfer to your phone for Events such as baby showers, parties etc… The same day so you can share on social media while I’m working on editing them. For real estate photography, I do my best to deliver them edited on the same day so you can share them A.S.A.P in you MLS.

ultra hd

HD, Always HD! For real estate, I work with HDR with 3-5 bracketings. For portrait I work in RAW which means that I have more freedom on the editing station.

originality

I’m not looking for cliches. I’m always trying to be as original as possible. And my clients love it!

focusing knowledges

In my free time, I teach myself by investing in online courses to learn more about this domain. Any professional should keep learning about his job. For me, it’s a passion so I do it effortless. And clients can see it in my workflow.

My name is Hadi Hawili, I'm a photographer and a videographer