Photographer Profiles

August 29, 2017

September/October Preview: Gavin Bond
Coming up in the September/October issue, Digital Photo Pro interviews celebrity and fashion photographer Gavin Bond
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Gavin Bond
Photo by Gavin Bond, Courtesy of Lexus Coming up in the September/October issue, Digital Photo Pro interviews celebrity and fashion photographer Gavin Bond. New York-based British celebrity/fashion photographer Gavin Bond began his career jockeying for the best angles to capture runway fashion shows. While he still takes on assignments in the controlled... Read more
August 29, 2017

September/October Preview: Hernan Rodriguez
Coming up in the September/October issue, Digital Photo Pro interviews portrait and commercial photographer Hernan Rodriguez
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Hernan Rodriguez
 Retired mixed martial artist Urijah Faber. Photo by Hernan Rodriguez Coming up in the September/October issue, Digital Photo Pro interviews portrait and commercial photographer Hernan Rodriguez. Almost anyone can acquire the technical photographic skills to produce good portraits; the particulars of lighting and posing can be taught in a classroom.... Read more
August 7, 2017

Jerry Ghionis: Seeing The World Differently
The wedding and portrait photographer marries perfect light with creative previsualization with room for spontaneity, and the result is flawless images
By Kristan Ashworth / Photography By Jerry Ghionis
Jerry Ghionis
“At every wedding, I try to take some close up portraits of my bride with m 85mm f/1.4 lens,” says photographer Jerry Ghionis. “She looked like a Persian princess, and there was so much detail in her headpiece and in the bodice of her dress so I wanted to include all of that. I love shooting with a strong direction of light in order to accentuate... Read more
July 24, 2017

Becoming A Wedding Photographer
How news photographer Sam Hurd stumbled upon his true calling
By Brian Matiash/Photography By Sam Hurd
How news photographer Sam Hurd stumbled upon his true calling as a wedding photographer
Want to learn more about high-quality cameras and videography? Sign up for our weekly newsletter, full of tips, advice, reviews and more!  In many cases, a wedding day is a practice in chaos. In some cases, it can take the form of organized chaos, while with others, well, not so much. However, there is no denying the symbolic... Read more
June 20, 2017

Day In The Life Of A Military Photographer
Stacy Pearsall—two-time NPPA Military Photographer of the Year and recipient of the Bronze Star—gets the job done, even when everything is falling apart
Text & Photography By Stacy Pearsall
Stacy Pearsall
As the sky turns ominous, U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Ellison searches the roof of a locals house for weapons during an assault against anti-Iraqi forces in Buhriz, Iraq, on April 11, 2007. Want to learn more about high-quality cameras and videography? Sign up for our weekly newsletter, full of video & camera resources for... Read more
June 12, 2017

Photographer Julia Dean: Finding The Lost Angels
Photographic legend Julia Dean turns her eyes on a city—and people—in transition
By Mark Edward Harris / Photography By Julia Dean
Julia Dean
A young girl looks at her father as he reaches for her during a religious celebration on Olvera Street in 2014. Want to learn more about high-quality cameras and videography? Sign up for our weekly newsletter, full of tips, advice, reviews and more!  There are few people who have contributed more to the field of photography... Read more
June 8, 2017

July/August Preview: DP Henry Adebonojo
Coming up in the July/August issue, HDVideoPro interviews the director of photography for the Oscar®-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro
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Henry Adebonojo
“Flag Silhouette.” Still photography from Henry Adebonojo. Coming up in the July/August issue, HDVideoPro interviews Henry Adebonojo, the director of photography for the Oscar®-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro. The cinematographer faced a unique challenge when director Raoul Peck tapped him to work on the film—nominated for Best Documentary... Read more
June 5, 2017

July/August Preview: Photographer Bill Frakes
Coming up in the July/August issue of Digital Photo Pro, we profile the globe-traveling photographer and Nikon Ambassador
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Bill Frakes
Tyler Messersmith and his daughters June (left) and Ava (right) look out over their ranch outside Lakeside, Nebraska. Photo by Bill Frakes Coming up in the July/August issue of Digital Photo Pro, we profile globe-traveling photographer and Nikon Ambassador Bill Frakes. Frakes started his documentary/photojournalism career at the Miami Herald in 1979,... Read more
June 5, 2017

July/August Preview: Photographer Ira Block
Coming up in the July/August issue of Digital Photo Pro, we profile the National Geographic photographer, who discusses his 35 years of incredible travel photography and elevating the art of documentary photography
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Novice monks on their way to school use a bamboo bridge to cross the Nam Khan River. The bridge is near the confluence of the Nam Khan and Mekong rivers in Luang Prabang, Laos. Photo by Ira Block Coming up in the July/August issue of Digital Photo Pro, we profile National Geographic photographer Ira Block, who discusses his 35 years of incredible travel... Read more
April 19, 2017

Justin Jung: The Story In The Surf
The photographer combines his artful eye and sense of storytelling to make compelling surfing videos and athlete biographies
By William Sawalich / Photography By Justin Jung
Justin Jung
Subscribe today to Digital Photo Pro magazine for tips, product reviews and advice on videography and cinematography!  Like a lot of photographers, Justin Jung shoots video. Unlike most, though, Jung started his professional career focused first and foremost on moving pictures, not the other way around. In fact, the surfing... Read more
March 21, 2017

Day In The Life Of A Family Photographer
Life isn’t all hugs and kisses when you’re capturing hugs and kisses
Text & Photography By Ariana Falerni
Ariana Falerni
Child and family portrait photographer Ariana Falerni often photographs her children as part of her stock photography business. Subscribe today to Digital Photo Pro magazine for video & camera resources for professional filmmakers!  I’ve been a professional child and family portrait photographer for six years now,... Read more
March 14, 2017

Master Storyteller: Photographer Joe McNally
The photographer balances creativity with lighting and technical prowess to tell compelling stories with his images
By Mark Edward Harris / Photography By Joe McNally
Joe McNally
TONY BENNETT: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY. LIFE ’s book on Tony Bennett features some of McNally’s photos of the legendary singer. Here, Bennett sits in a coffee shop in his old Queens neighborhood. McNally worked at Time Inc. as a young photographer with the likes of Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gordon Parks, John Loengard, Gjon Mili and Carl Mydans. Joe McNally... Read more
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