Phill Monson | Landscape Photography
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- Name / Business Name: Phill Monson / Phill Monson Photography
- Located in: Centerville, UT
- Started: 2008
- Status: Part Time
- Types of Photography: Landscape, Architecture, Travel
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 5D Mark II/ 17-40mm
- Interesting Personal Fact: My thumbs are double jointed and can be wrapped backwards around my hand. I also hang out with Merlin Olsen from time to time.
Find out more
Main Site: www.phillmonsonphotography.com
Blog: phillmonsonphoto.blogspot.com
Flickr: flickr.com/phillmonson
Short Bio:
Hi, I’m Phill Monson. I was born in Idaho Falls, ID, lived in Portland Oregon and Ireland for a few years, but call Utah home. I got started in photography in 2008 by getting a dSLR camera in anticipation for a trip to Europe, and have been hooked ever since. Once I got into photography, I thought I would dabble in weddings and portraits. However, I soon realized that mountains and buildings don’t blink or complain, and decided to focus on those subjects.
I focus mainly on my own backyard of the amazing landscapes in Utah and the Colorado Plateau. Southern Utah has so much to offer it would take me a life time to explore. While Utah is easily accessible for me, I live for traveling to new places- especially Europe- and photographing amazing scenes.
I am husband to an amazing wife, and father of a beautiful 6 month old girl. If I may be so self indulgent, I’m much like Billy Zane; a pretty cool dude.
Andy Williams | Capturing the Beauty of America’s National Parks
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- Name / Business Name: Andy Williams - Moon River Photography
- Located in: New York, New York
- Started: Forever ago
- Status: Full time photography. This also includes being COO of SmugMug
- Types of Photography: Mostly landscape work at the present time. Though I'm pretty good at Street and portraits too.
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 5D Mark II. Canon 24mm TS/E.
- Interesting Personal Fact: I can't draw to save my life.
Find out more
Main Site: http://www.moonriverphotography.com
Blog: http://blog.moonriverphotography.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/awilliamsny
Facebook: http://facebook.com/awilliamsny
Short Bio: I get out to 5 or 6 amazing locations a year while I lead workshops with Marc Muench. Together, we started Muench Workshops a few years ago, and have been thrilling 10 clients on really amazing workshops in Wild Utah, Hidden Catalina, Isle of Mull Scotland, Extreme Sierras, Glacier NP, and more. We've just launched our biggest workshop yet, a two-week Safari in East Africa. More at http://www.muenchworkshops.com
Shaun Nelson | Landscape Photography
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- Business Name: Shaun Nelson Photography
- Located in: South Ogden, Utah
- Started: 2000
- Status: Very Part Time & Very Serious Hobbyist
- Types of Photography: Landscape, Wildlife/Children (same thing, right?), Portrait, Event
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 40D, 70-200 mm and Lensbaby
- Interesting Personal Fact: I have always had a fascination with broadcasting. When I was 6 years old my Dad setup a pirate radio station for me in our unfinished basement. As an adult, I worked side-by-side with my Dad for 5 years at two radio stations in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Find out more
Main Site: http://www.ShaunNelsonPhotography.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MShaunNelson
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MShaunNelson
Word from the Photographer: I became interested in photography when my first son, Caleb, was born. As a proud new parent I took pictures of him with a VGA camera (640 x 480, not even 1 megapixel) that only had enough memory to take 12 pictures, and cost about $500. The pictures looked terrible, but I was able to email them to family and was quickly bitten by the photo bug. Almost ten years and seven cameras have passed since I snapped the first picture of Caleb. I have learned so much and gained a creative outlet that still surprises many of my friends and family members.
Tony Gale
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- Name / Business Name: Tony Gale Photographer
- Located in: NYC
- Started in: Bought my first camera in 1994, haven't had a real job since 1997
- Status: Emerging photographer
- Types of Photography: Portraits and Night Landscapes
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 5D, 70-200/4
Sony A900, 85/1.4 - Interesting Personal Fact: I cooked for five years before I started doing photography
Find out more
- Main Site: www.tonygale.com
- Blog: www.blog.amissive.com
www.someinterestingpeople.com - Twitter: http://twitter.com/tonygale
- Others: Facebook
http://www.dripbook.com/tonygale/book/night-work/
Short Bio - Word from the Photographer:
Tony Gale is a NYC based photographer. Tony was raised in Bellingham, Washington (90 miles north of Seattle) and spent most of his time as a child exploring the woods behind his parents house. At 19 after visiting Bruce Lee's grave in Seattle, and taking his first photo with a disposable camera, he bought his first camera. He promptly broke it and bought his first SLR. At 21 he moved to Seattle to pursue photography and in fall of 2000 moved to NYC, the center of the world. Tony was a member of the ASMPNY steering committee from 2001-2006, and has been a member of the APANY board since 2006.
Jim Abram – Wildlife
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- Name / Business Name: Jim Abram, Jim Abram Wildlife Photography
- Located in: Pollock Pines, California (The Sierra Nevada Mountains)
- Started in: Began in 1971 and became serious about wildlife photography in 2007
- Types of Photography: Wildlife, Nature
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens:
- Nikon D300 Camera/Nikor 80-400mm and Nikor 105mm Macro Lens
- Nikon Coolpix p5100 mounted to a Swarovski 20-60x power, variable high definition scope
- Interesting Personal Fact: I've been on two birding trips to South America
Find out more
Main Site/ Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/jimabramwildlifephotography
His short bio from Flickr:
"I live in the Sierra's and am lucky to have such a beautiful place to chase photos of wildlife.
My wife and I travel to many great areas in the Western United States and like keeping a photo journal of the wildlife and beautiful scenery that we see.
We are avid birders and do so almost everyday, hoping to see a new one.
We have been lucky enough to travel to South and Cental America and see hundreds of beautiful species of wildlife in their natural enviroments. We love being in the Rain Forest."
Charles Uibel (Landscapes)
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Name / Business Name: Charles Uibel / Great Salt Lake Photos LLC
Located in: Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Started in: 2005
Status: Part-time professional
Types of Photography: Landscape, portrait, event
Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Nikon, Wide-angle Tokina
Interesting Personal Fact: I'm practicing to be a lead guitarist
Find out more
Main Site: http://greatsaltlakephotos.com
Blog: http://uibel.com
Twitter: CharlesUibel
Others: Facebook: Charles Uibel
My Great Salt Lake: http://myGreatSaltLake.com
Podcast interview about Great Salt Lake photography
Short Bio (Word from photographer)
In 2006 I granted myself permission to shoot as many photos of Great Salt Lake as I wanted. I've won some awards from the Utah State Fair, and BYU's Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. I've shown my work in several galleries in Northern Utah and I contribute images to the FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake. My wife and our dog rely on each other, and have a pretty good life together.
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