About the Photographer
Manpreet (Manny) Singh was born in Northern India. His passion for photography started in 2012 when he began taking classes and practicing his photography skills on the people and places around the colorful city of New Delhi.
Manny lives in Jacksonville, Florida and started his company, Focal Point Pics in 2020. In addition to photography, Manny is passionate about technology. Photography allows him to combine both his artistic vision and passion for new gadgets, tools and software to create images that are beautiful and enhanced through the use of technology.
Manny describes himself as a perpetual learner, always exploring and combining new techniques to bring his images to life. His interests range from people to landscapes and he enjoys capturing every day moments in a unique and meaningful way.
Cameras
Sony A9 II & Sony A7 III
When I transitioned to shooting photography professionally, I did a lot of research on which brand to choose. Some of the qualities that I felt differentiated Sony from Cannon or Nikon were their autofocus technology, low light performance, the native & 3rd party lens range, dual card slots, exposure compensation dial and video capabilities. Sony is an industry leader in mirrorless technology, and I have been very pleased with my decision to use their products. I am currently operating a Sony A9 II which is great where I need to have up to 20 frames per second continuous shooting capabilities with full autofocus. Sports and action photography are ideal situations to maximize the capabilities of this camera, but it also allows me to capture a lot of images during walking and dancing shots that can be later narrowed down to find the perfect, candid image. The Sony A9 II also has 24MP (Mega Pixel) full-frame stacked sensor so that printed images will have amazing clarity and intensity
As any professional photographer will tell you, a secondary, back-up camera is a MUST HAVE! For this, I operate a Sony A7 III. I chose this camera because I needed a camera that excelled in both Photography and Videography and produced high quality portraits, headshots, product and real estate images.
The boring, yet oh so important stuff
Manpreet Singh is a current member of the Professional Photographers of America.
Why does that matter? Professional memberships are an important part of being a creator. Our membership in PPA enables us to tap into a huge network of other professional photographers for ideas and help on composition, lighting and editing techniques. We are passionate about our work and strive to constantly learn new things that will help us transform our images to beautiful and creative works of art.
Focal Point Pics carries liability insurance through Lockton Affinity and Indemnification Trust through PPA.
Liability Insurance is an important part of operating a professional business. It is one of those things that we hope we never have to use, but is extremely important to have for the “just in case”. If you are shopping around for photographers, please make sure that you inquire whether or not they carry an active policy. Many venues will also require proof of insurance or that they be added as an additional certificate holder.
Focal Point Pics also carries Indemnification Trust, which can protect our clients in the rare cases of data loss or missed shots; this is especially important for our commercial clients.