If I may briefly introduce myself, my name is William Petruzzo. I own and operate Petruzzo Photography, a Maryland wedding and portrait photography outfit. Though the business began in 2004, I have been pursuing photography for the better part of fifteen years. My own entrance into photography began with some primitive digital cameras and that is what I know best. And as such, … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Stuart Blance
About 4 years ago my wife bought me my first DSLR, a Canon 300D. I generally snapped anything and everything on fully automatic settings in JPEG format, and enjoyed my images as they were straight from camera, with very little editing, mainly because I didnt really understand how to use camera or software properly, although I enjoyed it all the same. However, a couple … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Keith Lane
Since I can remember, there has always been a part of me that has wanted to be a photographer. The thought would bounce around in my head every time I watched the evening news of stories abroad, picked up a copy of National Geographic, or pored over photo books telling true and intimate stories. But while the idea was always there, I couldn't fully grasp exactly how it fit … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Nick Kingstone
There was a particular episode of the BBC show “Our World” then fronted by David Attenborough when I was a kid that really got me thinking. He’d managed to capture, in slow motion, this cheetah turning at full speed to try and ankle tap the Gazelle it was chasing. I remember him saying that “in slow motion we can see into the moment of the kill or the moment of escape”. Life … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Andrew Nim
Capturing a photograph was never really my interest when I started. I was always interested in the process of the darkroom. More in particular it was how light shined onto a piece of paper could transform it to an image using chemicals. I have always been a visual person; I’m horrible with names but things I see I always remember. I never even picked up a camera until I was … [Read more...]