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15Sep/104

Ali Hohn | Portrait Photography

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  • Name: Ali Hohn Ali Hohn Photography and Rock That OCF
  • Located in: Minnesota
  • Started in: 2006
  • Status: Full Time
  • Types of Photography: Seniors, newborns, babies, families and commercial
  • Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: 5D Mark II and 70-200 IS L
  • Interesting Personal Fact: I got married to my husband when I was 21 and I only knew him for 9 months when we got married. We have now been married for 9 years. :)

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Short Bio

I have been shooting now for 4 years. I started when my daughter was almost 3 months old. I have no idea why I started a business when I had a newborn! Anyway, I've gone from working in my garage to a tiny studio in our old town house to building a home just for the studio and now in a retail studio place.

I absolutely love what I do for a living. I don't feel like it's a job. Well, maybe except during crazy season.

I also teach off camera flash to people all over the world. I've been to Australia, Salt Lake City 3 times and going for a 4th, Michigan twice, Las Vegas, Florida, New Orleans and going to be going to Sacramento in October.

I enjoy teaching photographers and meeting so many amazing people! I met Scott Jarvie thru my adventures in traveling and teaching!

25Aug/107

Fran Ruchalski | Music Photography

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  • Name: Fran Ruchalski - The PhotoGuy of Amelia Island - The Photographer, LLC
  • Located in: Amelia Island / Jacksonville Florida
  • Started in: January. 2008
  • Status: Made the jump to full-time June, 2010.....hence the new name
  • Types of Photography: Music Photography & Portraits
  • Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Nikon D700 / Nikon 80-200  2.8
  • Interesting Personal Fact: I have a blue spot in the middle of my forehead from an "extreme sport" accident....I was racing a shopping cart, lost control, and went skidding across the Wal-Mart parking lot head first.  My pride was hurt more than my head.  My mother always told me not to do it....maybe someday I'll listen.

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Website: www.photoguyofai.com

Blog: www.ishootmusicians.net

Twitter:  @PhotoGuyofAI    @IShootMusicians

Facebook/MySpace: The PhotoGuy of Ameila Island

Short Bio

I am many things to many people.  I am Dad to 4.  I am Pop to 8.  I am the “significant other” to 1.  I am “the ex” to 2.  And I am the master to one crazy German Shepherd.

I have lived in a very large city and on a farm outside a small rural town.  Yes, I’m a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.  These days, I live in a little beach town on a small island in Northeast Florida, and I am very happy to be here.  It’s a place that I truly feel at home and may be the place where I was always meant to be.  For a beach bum like me, nothing beats living less than 5 minutes from the beach.

If I don’t have a camera with me, the universe seems somehow out of kilter. I’ve been doing this since I was quite young. And people…not only my mom…think I’m pretty darn good at it. I'm really good at candid shots of people. An art school professor once told me that I have a special way of capturing people. Who am I to argue with her? Actually, I think she was right.

While I've always loved photography, it's only fairly recently that I decided that I wanted to try to make it my full-time gig, and I am seriously studying everything I can to become better at it. I have fallen in love with lighting and stobist type shooting.

Concert & band photography is my passion. The combination of photography and live music is just so natural for me as they are both such a big part of my life. I went to my first concert when I was 12, over 40 years ago; it was The Grateful Dead at the Spectrum in Philly and they played for 5 hours. I’ll never forget it. I spent most of my teen years and beyond going to as many concerts as I could, sometimes 3 or 4 in a week. I’ve seen most every rock artist of the 70’s, a lot of them several times. These days, I get out to probably one live performance a week, sometimes quite a few more. I Shoot Musicians and I make people look like Rock Stars. I love to capture the moment when a performer shows their spirit and personality. It’s like magic. Capturing that energy and emotion is what it’s all about for me.  Someone told me that I do it so well because I feel the music so much more than most people.  Some of my photos have been published in Guitar World, Guitar Player, Guitar Edge, Musicians Friend,  The Buzz, Axis Magazine, and other national and local publications as well as many sites on the web.  While I take most of my photos in the Northeast Florida area, I have traveled throughout the Southeast to cover musical events.  Now, if I could just figure out a way to make real money at it!

13Aug/101

Leah Miller | People Photography

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  • Name: Leah Miller Photography
  • Located in: Salt Lake City, UT
  • Started in: 08/2009
  • Status: Part Time
  • Types of Photography: People (wedding/portrait)
  • Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: 5D Mark II, 24-70mm 2.8
  • Interesting Personal Fact: It hurts my throat to drink soda. I'll manage to choke one down about once every 5 years.

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Website: www.leahmillerphotography.com
Blog: www.leahmillerphotography.com/blog
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com

Short Bio

If someone would have told me 18 months ago that I would have my own photography business one day I would have laughed!! Here I am and I LOVE it.

I grew up in a Utah. I spent most of my time playing in high school and college playing in some sort of sporting event. I graduated from Utah State University with a BS degree in Business and Info Systems. I became a computer and web programmer. I met my husband during my last semester in college. Since we've been married we lived in France, Montana, Kansas City, Virginia, and now Utah. We have 2 very entertaining children, who are now my full-time job, and take up the majority of my day.

About 18 months ago I pulled out a DSLR camera that was given to my husband before we were married. I dusted it off and started reading the instruction manual for it. At first photography was a technical and creative outlet...something I very much needed as a stay at home mom. It has since evolved into a passion. My favorite part of photography is editing...I'm not kidding. No worries, I like to shoot as well :-) My goal for the next year is to shoot more weddings AND more pictures of my own kids.