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Photo Profile – John-Paul Pietrus

All photos © John-Paul Pietrus How did you get started? I studied fine arts at the Minneaoplis College of Art and Design, with an emphasis on photography. The course was very theoretically oriented, so we worked a lot on the mind and on creativity in addition to achievement of a thorough technical education. After graduation, [...]

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Painting with the Sun – Masters of Natural Lighting – Michelle Moore

Back in June, we sent out requests to select photographers to be part of a new series on X-equals regarding the use of natural lighting in their work. We specifically asked them: How you approach using natural light The challenges you face when working with natural light Special tips and tricks you can share for [...]

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Photo Profile – Joshua Carroll

All photos © Joshua Carroll How did you get started? I took a surprisingly normal route into the whole photography business. I started at the age of about 17, studied it in school, hated Biology and Chemistry and despised Business Studies (despite being rather good at all of them). So naturally I went to an [...]

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Photo Profile – Tom Hoops

All photos © Tom Hoops Photography Happy accidents seem to be happening to me a lot lately. While cruising Twitter with absolutely no goal in mind, I ran across a mention of Tom Hoops website. After viewing maybe 2 or 3 of his shots from his Heads series, I immediately tracked him down to participate [...]

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Photo Profile – Melissa Rodwell

All photos © 2008 Melissa Rodwell Photography LLC How did you get started in Photography? I initially wanted to become a fashion designer. I had been collecting Vogue since I was 12 years old and had just fallen completely in love with fashion. After seeing a photography exhibit of Helmut Newton’s work in a Paris [...]

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