interview with the Graphic Designer & photographer " Bilal KHETTAB"

Bilal KHETTAB is a photographer and a graphic designer from Algeria –Sidi Bel Abbès

His Work Characterized by simplicity and beauty ; he know exactly how to deal with colors especially that he use in his photos a camera phone «  iphone « however that , his work is very very clever and professional ..

Bilal is My friend in FB , and i follow his work for a while , so i decide to do a interview with him to know more about his talent and discover more how he can develop himself by himself ..

1- firstly , tell us more about yourself .

Hi, thanks for having me here, I really appreciate it

Adding to all of what you said about me, I’m 23yo and a biology student (I know it’s a bit odd for someone who is extremely interested in arts) and I’m drinking coffee while writing this, I have a drinking problem yeah :D

2- How you start Loving The design and photography .

I guess the only one who made me love design is my big brother who is an civil engineer, he was passionate about 3D design and motion graphics and that’s how I started my journey with animation design since I was 16.

3- Why you chose “ biology”  your special studying ?

Well, you know in Algeria there isn’t proper schools for graphic design that I could sign up for. I choose biology just to have a backup plan in life. The one who made me love it was a teacher from high school. I love discovering different aspects in life.

4- Did you go to school to study photography or designing? How long have you been a photographer and designer? What or who got you started?

Just like lots of designers out there, I learned design and photography all by myself, following online courses, practicing a lot and doing lots of work free since I was a teenager.

5- How would you describe your style?

I think I can’t describe it by myself, it’s up to my audience ;)

6- What type of cameras do you shoot with?

I shoot only with the lens my iPhone 5s.

7- The most of designers they are photographers too , but not all the photographers are designers , in your thinking why is that ?

Emm that’s interesting, I noticed that too. I guess when you master design very well, you start getting an idea of how you deal with colors, composition, contrast and other stuff...

8- A photographer who inspires you?

More than 4 years ago I’ve been following an account called “Cuba Gallery” on Flickr, the colors he produces are simply amazing.

Now I follow a lot of designers and photographers to keep myself surrounded by inspirations.

9- A website and/or blog you visit often?

I don’t follow blogs that much but Ultralinx and Abduzeedo comes to my mind since you asked me. I visit Medium often.

10- Is there anybody or anything you would love to photograph?

Nothing in specific, beautiful moments and scenes come with time by themselves.

11- What advice do you have for somebody who wants to pursue photography?

Don’t be shy when you take photos. Some moments don’t repeat themselves.

12- Can you tell us the true basis of your inspiration?

As I mentioned earlier, I keep myself surrounded by great designers from all over the world, doesn’t has to be strictly to graphics or photography, but also architecture, furniture… etc

13- What talent would you most like to have?

Playing the piano

14- Your favourite film (movie) of all time?

Amélie.

15- Your favourite Book .

The Design of Everyday things by Don Norman

16- If you could live anywhere on this awesome planet, where would you build your dream home?

I would say Iceland. I just looove the landscapes there.

17- What would you like to be doing in 5 years from now?

I would like to work in a big design studio as an art director.

18- Did you participate in any competitions or Art gallery ? tell us about this experience

I hate competitions.

19- A last word , and a advice you like to say it to all friends of Smartchou Blog

You will get nowhere if you are not willing to sacrifice your effort and your time.

you can find Bilal in :

http://bilalkhettab.com/

instagram :  creatinc

Big Thank for Bilal &  wish you The Best 

How can we live our holiday effectively

i wish that i can stole the time to do all what i want in the day ..

i created this blog to write in ENGLISH .. and i writing also in my blog SMARTCHOU until now ..

but with all the busy thing special in RAMADAN i don't find the time to write here ..

but like always i will try to Make this working .. but i need some people to write with me here .. so anyone want to help , just  send me a message ..

after this introduction i will talk about something so exciting " How can we live our holiday effectively "
because i find this my biggest problem .. i'm searching to find some solutions ..
so i thing that a lot of my time is gone in sleeping because in the holiday i don't have emergency things to do .. so every thing i do is late .. and from here the problem of mess begin .. i'm trying here to find this ideas maybe can help :
1/ i'm afraid that the theory which says nothing is important because you are in a holiday is not true ,there is always things important and things more important ,be sure that you can Distinguish between the important and the most important .
2/ balance you time , be sure that you have fun in your time because it is a holiday and you have to be happy by : visiting your family and friends , watching Movies , working in your talent , do some sport , visiting a new places and reading much More Books ...
3/ sleeping between 7-8 hours in the day is enough .
4/ learn some thing new will make you holiday much fun .. try to learn a new language , a new sport , a new talent ...
5/ try to share some projects with a circle of people you now to make some experience or maybe some money



Maybe this ideas are very simple , not a great invention .. but if we really try ; and begin from this simple things we will succeed because " every thing BIG is STARTing from the SIMPLE things "

i wish that i helped you .. and happy HOLIDAY

Hello .. salam alikom

Hi guys how are today ..

after all this Time .. i decided to create a new Blog to speak about a lot of things i passionate about , Like : beauty , creating new things , Books , traveling , cooking , Games , photographing , writing , cinema , Music ……

i don’t know if i mentioned about every thing i want to tell you about .. OK with Time you will Know ..

in this blog i will write in ENGLISH .. i mean My first blog “ SmartChou “where i write in Arabic .. because i chose the way of learning by writing..


i can't forget to thank My Friend: Mohamed islem beta .. because he helped me a lot to be this blog like That .. SO Big ThanK for Mohamed ..
and My Brother Yacine Because he always stands beside me and support me in any experiment

i wish that this Blog will be a fun Experience and Successful one ..
for that Time i wish you The Best ..