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Photographer Profiles
View digital photo portfolios for some of the best professionals out there. Our photographer profiles showcase a vast array of styles and provide inspirational insight from the person behind the lens.
Friday, June 8, 2007Jeff Schewe - Absolute Total ControlWhether it's working up models and intricate rigging or building Photoshop files with seemingly endless numbers of layers, Jeff Schewe is serious about being in control Jeff Schewe has forgotten more about Photoshop than I will ever know. He has been using it since before version 1, and has been an active consultant for Adobe since version 2.5 and an alpha tester for every version since 4.0. In that time, Schewe has done his best to help Adobe build a program that gives photographers the tools they need to achieve their vision. Read More... |
Friday, June 8, 2007Howard Schatz - Uncommon VisionHoward Schatz's career sprung from unlikely beginnings. In Rare Creatures, he walked a line between commercial and personal vision, and also between film and digital technology. Suggest to Howard Schatz that the computer is shortchanging photography, and he bristles. In his view, the end result, the beautiful image, justifies any means needed to attain it. “Working in the darkroom is a very respected craft—to alter contrast, to crop, to burn, to dodge, to bleach, to diffuse—to do all the things you can do in the darkroom,” says Schatz. “When you hear ‘computer,' it sounds like you're cheating a little bit, when in fact it's the same thing. You just have so much more control, and the range of what you can get from a negative is so much greater. So I use the computer as a digital darkroom.” |
Friday, June 8, 2007Jay Maisel - Going With The FlowThe master of color and self-diagnosed nontechie talks about keeping your artistic priorities in the JPEG-versus-RAW world The first time I held a digital camera, it was forced into my hands by Sam Garcia, a Nikon tech rep and a very good friend. “Look,” he said, “I know you love your F5 and would never switch, but just try this.” That was in January of 2001, and I haven't shot film since then, give or take five or six rolls. |
Friday, June 1, 2007Joel Meyerowitz - AFTERMATHBy working connections and being a model of persistence, Joel Meyerowitz secured special access to New York's Ground Zero site. On September 5, 2001, Joel Meyerowitz set up his Deardorff camera in the space that had once been his studio for 15 years. As he composed his photograph of Lower Manhattan, he recognized that it wasn't a particularly eventful day for creating a picture. Unlike the other images he had taken over the years from this spot, this photo wouldn't have the benefit of great light or dynamic weather. Instead, this photograph, which contrasted the simple, muted hues of sky against the crowded urban landscape, was just of another average day in New York City. |
Friday, June 1, 2007Matthew Jordan Smith - Beauty & LightMatthew Jordan Smith takes inspiration from a wide range of visual sources and creates lasting images that define beauty. Recognizable by its soft, alluring images, Matthew Jordan Smith's ad work reveals, in part, the man and the talent behind the lens and lights. His uncanny ability to depict the inner romantic and natural charms of his subjects spurs many celebrities to commission him. A long client list that includes Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Sarah Ferguson is ample testimony of Smith's gift for capturing an often whimsical and always imaginative glimpse into the souls of his subjects. |
Thursday, May 31, 2007Vincent Laforet - Still A PhotographerPulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet takes advantage of anything he can to streamline his workflow and his access to a formidable archive Vincent Laforet has worked his way toward becoming one of the world's premier digital photographers. In order to create such powerful imagery, Laforet utilizes the latest digital acquisition, editing, color-management, printing and storage tools available. And it's in Laforet's studio where art and technology fuse, allowing him to create the gripping images that his clients demand. |
Thursday, May 31, 2007Markus Klinko and Indrani - Go With The FlowCelebrity photography is a funky specialty. The Team of Markus Klinko and Indrani know how to work with the entourage. $200,000. When you have a client paying that kind of dough, he or she can basically make any request. Nothing illegal, of course, but if a celebrity decides he or she wants to have a party on the set of a photo shoot for, say, a new album cover—well, that's part of the gig. Markus Klinko and Indrani understand that, and if it happens, they just go with the flow. |
Wednesday, May 30, 2007Lionel Deluy - Hi Energy!Lionel Deluy's signature style comes from a mixture of furious action on the set and creative work in Photoshop "I like to go fast! You know? High energy—boom, boom, boom, click, click, click. Fast! Otherwise, you lose momentum and people get tired.” Fast. High energy. These adjectives embody the attitude and shooting style of Lionel Deluy, but not the man. When he puts down the camera, I find a relaxed and extremely down-to-earth guy who you can't help but like. |
Wednesday, May 30, 2007Pete Turner - The Dr. No Of PhotographyPete Turner remains at the forefront of experimentation with new technology to create his most striking color images yet. Pete Turner's home, at the farthest end of Long Island, N.Y., is exactly the way one would imagine it to be: full of brilliant colors. Bold red curtains hang over the windows, bright blue seat-cushions cover the wooden dining room chairs and an oversized rainbow-colored umbrella sits in a bucket in the entryway. In the front hallway, a red sofa shaped like lips is reminiscent of Turner's iconic “Hot Lips” photograph created in 1967 for the cover of an album, Soul Flutes: Trust in Me. |
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Contender: Martin Christopher
“Angel Face” was photographed for a local hair salon’s ad campaign -
Contender: Bruce Roscoe
Meticulous attention to the lighting creates strong chiaroscuro and a dramatic effect -
Contender: Kevin Ziechmann
Reality and photography collide in this self-portrait -
Contender: David Miller
Rendering a split look in a “Frankenstein” photo -
Contender: Jeff Nadler
Black and white film and natural light gave this image its distinctive look -
Contender: Jessica Christie
Capturing emotions and creating a retro look -
Contender: Laura Bello
A little bling and vibrant color demand a viewer’s attention -
Contender: Dhrumil S. Desai
Style and substance came into play in making this warm-toned black and white portrait
