Today we’d like to introduce you to Najee Rashad.
Najee, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
Looking at photographs is therapeutic. An image can draw you out of the chair you’re sitting in and into another world. Standing on top of the Grand Canyon would make you feel and stir up an awe inside of your chest; a photograph does that for me. I decided to pick up a camera and learn the craft myself. I started to take pictures of anything I could see. I remember practicing different techniques with the mailbox out front of my house. Others started to notice the urban and street style pictures I took and began to ask me if I took portraits. From there the craft blossomed into what is now a business. I help various brands and businesses all across Dallas document their story and build their online portfolio. I am passionate about telling the story of others and helping others make an impact on the world by following their dreams; I am blessed that I get to document the passions of people.
Has it been a smooth road?
Very few roads are smooth, and if you are on one it doesn’t mean that it is too good to be true. It can be a blessing. My road isn’t smooth but it can be paved. The biggest struggles are to get rid of what makes me lose sight of why I do what I do. It is never the lack of time and financial resources, unplanned and unwelcome events that prevents dreams from blossoming it is the mindset that reacts. The main struggle is only within myself. Mindset and discipline is everything. Everything is mental; anything you put your mind to you can do or get through.
Everyday I have to make a choice to sacrifice my comfort zones to challenge myself, to chase my dream, and to live my purpose. The most important thing to me is that I make my destined contribution to the stories and passions around me, anything that would keep me from doing that is in the way.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with Najee Rashad Photography – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
We create commercial and promotional content (graphics, videography, and photography) for local and online brands and businesses. People love working with others who understand their personal vision and can make it come to life. Our photography, videography and graphic is timeless and forward thinking. Our ability to understand a vision and develop content that is amazing today that will be remembered and even usable tomorrow is what makes us different.
Usually someone’s brand is tied to how the live out their purpose on an everyday basis. We believe that everyone has a purpose and a duty to fulfill that purpose. Our mission is to add value and give brands the content to tell that story in the most creative and receivable way possible.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
Whatever life you want Dallas to have you can find it, if you cannot find it you can create it. Dallas is a place where anyone’s dream can be made possible. I view Dallas as a quilt put together by a community of people. There is so much opportunity for everyone. There are many smaller communities in Dallas. If we come together and help each other flourish, we all would be in a further along.
Contact Info:
- Website: najeerashad.com
- Phone: 5102196949
- Email: info.najeerashad.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/najrashad
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NajeeRashad
Image Credit:
Fashion Designers: Lady of Influence, Shop Illicit
Creative Directors: Akilah Whitaker, Najee Rashad
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