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She has been featured in Vogue. And she’s been named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in Asia.

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Awards

2009 Youngest recipient of Fellowship from Master Photographers Association (UK) 2009 Master Photography Awards 2009 - Overseas Master Photographer of the Year 2009 International Photography Awards 2009 - 3rd in Advertising: Catalogue (Professional) & 3rd in Fine Arts: Nudes (Professional) 2009 Wacom Intuos 4 Global Campaign Featured Artist 2009 Martell Rising Personalities Award 2009 - Nominee 2009 Photography Masters Cup 2009 - Nominee in Fashion Category 2009 Wedding and Portrait Photographers International 2009 Awards of Excellence Print Competition - 3rd Place in Commercial: Fashion/Advertising Category

2008 Wacom Cintiq Asia Pacific Campaign Featured Artist 2008 British Professional Photography Awards 2008 - Overseas Fashion Photographer of the Year 2008 British Professional Photography Awards 2008 - Winner in Overseas Fashion and Contemporary Portraits Categories

2007 Singapore Master Photographer Print Competition 2007 - Singapore Master Photographer of the Year 2007 Singapore Master Photographer Print Competition 2007 - Winner of Commercial/Advertising, Fashion, Portrait, Black and White, Avant Garde Portrait and Classical Portrait categories 2007 Singapore Master Photographer 2007 - Master Photographers Association (UK)

2006 Sportsgirl of the Year 2006 - Singapore National Olympics Council

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Awards

2012 International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Portraits, Fine Art: Nudes & Advertising: Fashion

2011 Elle Awards Singapore - Photographer of the Year 2011 Wacom - Global Campaign Featured Artist 2011 International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Portraits, Fine Art: Nudes & Advertising: Fashion

2010 Canon Singapore - Featured Artist/Photographer for Be Empowered Campaign 2010 Wacom - Global Campaign Featured Artist 2010 Pixiq.com - Top 100 Photographers on Twitter 2010 POCO.CN - Top 5 Photographers of the Year

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Awards & Accolades

2014 Finalist, GoSee Awards, Berlin 2014 Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Nudes and Fine Art: Portrait, International Photography Awards

2013 Mobius Awards - Young Photographer of the Year 2013 Photo Vogue, Vogue Italia - Picture of the Day 2013 PDN Faces 2013 - Professional Self-Portraits Finalist 2013 FRAMED Awards - Best Beauty/Glamor Photographer Winner 2013 FRAMED Awards - Best Fashion/Editorial Photographer (Nomination) 2013 See.Me Award Photography Finalist.

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Advice for photography enthusiasts looking to go professional

Be realistic and honest with yourself, understand what and how much you’re willing to sacrifice, be it school, career, social life, or income. Think about what you would be willing to do if things don’t pan out, be it part-time schooling or part-time work while you keep trying. It’s never easy to succeed and sustain going pro and freelance in the beginning, I know people take anywhere between half a year to even a few, it will take dedication and luck, but hard work and perseverance is key. 

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Post-process workflow

She does her selection and preliminary color processing in Lightroom, then let it sit a day or two…or a few, if the deadline allows. When she revisit it after the break I refine the colors. The rest of the retouching is done in Photoshop. After everything is cleaned up and done she goes over the colors again for final adjustments and consistency.

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Lighting requirements for her work

She started off with just one hotlight in her apartment when she was 18, so she used to work with just one light at any time for a picture. She have the Profoto D1 500 Air now which is what she use mostly these days, sometimes paired with an Elinchrom 53″ Rotalux Octa. When she need more complicated setups for editorials and commercial shoots she uses  a range of things from beauty dish to soft boxes to striplights, etc.

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go-to gear for shoots

Zhang uses a Canon 1Ds Mark III with 70-200 2.8L most of the time. She have taken to explore using the 50mm more recently , but for the last few years 70-200’s been the lens she have used on almost all her work.

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Inspiration

It goes back a lot more to her creative roots, more illustrative and painterly,she  like artworks that inspired her to create. Loosely linked together with hints of dark fantasy.

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Career

In the years since, Jingna's works have appeared on multiple editions of VOGUE, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR. Her fine art works have exhibited in New York, Hong Kong, Lisbon, and Singapore.