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.
Find out more
- Main Site: www.alihohn.com and www.rockthatocf.com
- Blog: http://www.ahphotos.com/blog/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ali.hohn
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!
Chuck Liu | Wedding Photography
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- Name: Chuck Liu Photography
- Located in: Chicago, IL (or wherever I happen to be)
- Started in: 01/2009
- Status: Part Time
- Types of Photography: Mostly Wedding and Engagement, occasionally portrait and families
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 5d Mark II, 50mm 1.2
- Interesting Personal Fact: I used to be a geek and have one of the largest Transformer collections in the world.
Find out more
Main Site: www.chuckliuphotography.com
Blog: http://www.facebook.com
Short Bio
Photography has been a beautiful journey for me. When I started booking weddings, it was because I needed something to support this expensive habit of buying cameras and lenses. But the more I did it, the more I enjoyed being there in the moment, seeing things in a way that no one else would. No wedding is the same, and each is an opportunity to push myself artistically. Also, I try to keep commercialization from creeping into my work. I believe that real art involves people and relationships, as well as a lot of time, heart, and hard work. It's a process of giving freely and receiving with open hands. It's always my hope that my images reflect those values.
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.
Sarah Cramer Shields | Wedding Photography
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- Business Name: Cramer Photo
- Located in: Charlottesville, VA
- Started: 2005
- Status: Full time documentary photographer
- Types of Photography: Weddings, Portraits, Family, Babies, Engagement, Pregnancy, Documentary/Story
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Nikon D3, 50mm f/1.4
- Interesting Personal Fact: I adore my husband, cooking, athletics, and travel!
Find out more
Main Site: www.cramerphoto.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cramerphoto
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Charlottesville-VA/Cramer-Photo/281222876469?ref=ts&ajaxpipe=1&__a=10
Short Bio: "I focus on the art of documentation. My passion for photography drives from my ability to find the natural beauty of a subject."
Dana Underwood | Travel Photography
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- Name / Business Name: Dana Underwood/ Dana's Eye Photography
- Located in: San Mateo, CA
- Started in: In 2008, I took about a year off and really ramped up my shooting. A lot. On August 17, 2008, I did a shoot with then-Senator Barack Obama and 6 key supporters. As I clicked away, not listening to any of their conversation, sweating through the armpits of my dress shirt and suit jacket, I thought to myself, "This is fun. I should try to get paid to do this."
- Status: Part-time.
- Types of Photography: Portraiture, Travel
- Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 5D / My current love affair is with my 16-35mm f/2.8, but if I had only one lens I could have with me, it would be my well-worn 24-105mm f/4.
- Interesting Personal Fact: In 2009, my girlfriend and I logged nearly 250k frequent flyer miles in our cross-continental relationship.
Find out more
Main Site: www.danaseye.com
Blog: www.photorious.com
Twitter: @danaseye
365 Journal: http://www.danaseye.com/Projects/3-6-5/6083661_apfeL
Short Bio:
In 2004, on my way to Nepal, I laid my hands on a digital camera for the first time and discovered a pastime that quickly became a passion. Since then, I have been constantly searching for opportunities to combine photography with every element of my life...including travel, friendships, work, and family. As a former engineer, I enjoy my creativity with a touch of structure. Photography lets me indulge my appetite for gadgetry while *trying* to produce something that I (and hopefully some others) love to look at. To me, a perfect image is as interesting on the thousandth view as it was on the first. And not always for the same reasons. I enthusiastically vouch for the emotional and artistic power of making consistent shooting a lifestyle choice.
I am a Baltimore native, a lifelong Orioles fan, and now reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. I spend my days in the marketing department of a biotech startup and devote practically all other time to photography (and packing for flights).
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.
