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A Love Affair With Water: Photographer Spotlight Q&A With Sarah Lee

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Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series is Sarah Lee.

Sarah is a Hawaii/San Diego based commercial photographer, best known for working in and around the ocean and her instantly recognizable style. Sarah’s work has been featured by National Geographic, Instagram, CNN, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Pelican, H&M and many other international brands.

Full disclosure: I am a big fan of Sarah and her work. Her work is absolutely breathtaking and I love that she’s been able to build a successful career around such a niche subject that she clearly has a profound passion for. I find her approach to photography and the industry very inspiring – I hope you do too!

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Northern Lifestyle Social Media Influencer: Photographer Spotlight Q&A With Daniel Ernst

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Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series we have Daniel Ernst.

Daniel is a self taught freelance photographer from Frankfurt, Germany. His photography is inspired by nature, focusing on the outdoors, adventure and northern lifestyles.

With 602k Instagram followers, Daniel falls into the category of “social media incluencer”. Daniel’s work is absolutely amazing and it’s easy to see why he’s so popular on Instagram – but what is really interesting is his final advice for photographers who would like do something similar.

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Seeing In Black & White: Photographer Spotlight Q&A With James Harris of GRIT Images Co (mildly NSFW)

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Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series it’s James Harris of GRIT Images Co.

James calls himself a “hobbyist photographer”, but his work has a clean, sexy simplicity that would fit perfectly with many high-end commercial publications. James loves the contrast and texture of working in black and white and his photography shows an obvious attention to detail and connection with his models.

James pays the bills working as an engineer for an international firm – until recently, he was based out of Fort Worth, Texas but is now living in the middle east.

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Here are my gear and methods for shooting Deep Space: Photographer Spotlight Q&A with Astrophotographer Sara Wager

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Next in our Photographer Spotlight series is Sara Wager.

Sara is a British astrophotographer currently based in Spain. She creates fascinating photographs of Deep-Sky Objects from our universe, including galaxies, areas of nebulosity and planetary nebulas.

Her work has been featured numerous times by NASA,  the BBC, multiple astrophotography magazines and websites and she was the winner of the 2015 International Astronomy Show Imaging competition .

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Secrets of A Full Time Travel Photographer: Q&A With Sara Melotti

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Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series is Sara Melotti.

Sara is an Italian photographer, content creator, storyteller and world traveler, currently based in New York City. Sara’s work has been featured by many international brands and publications including the New York Times, Vanity Fair and Glamour.

In 2015 Sara created Quest for Beauty and began traveling the world to photograph women immersed in their everyday life “to show that real beauty can be found in every woman no matter the age, size, bone structure, skin tone or background”.

(We have also featured Sara before with her sensational article: Instagram Created a Monster – A No Nonsense Guide To What’s Really Going On.)

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Photographer Spotlight: Q&A With Magdalena M – Editorial and Commercial Portraiture Photographer

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Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series is Magdalena M.

Magdalena is a Toronto, Canada based editorial and commercial portraiture photographer and art director. Her work has been featured by numerous lifestyle, fashion and design magazines and brands.

She is also the Editor-in-Chief at Avidly Home Magazine.

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Photographer Spotlight: Q&A with Nick Bondarev – Northern Culture and Travel Photographer

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Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series is Nick Bondarev.
Nick is a Russian travel and northern culture photographer, film maker and writer. He’s also the owner of Northern Winds, a travel company that offers boutique tours of Iceland, Mongolia and Russia.

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Photographer Spotlight: Q&A With Micky Wiswedel – Outdoor Adventure Photographer

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Next up in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series we have Micky Wiswedel.

Micky is a Cape Town, South Africa based documentary, travel and outdoor adventure photographer.

His work has been featured by Red Bull and Outside Magazine. He is the winner of the 2016 Red Bull Illume photo contest in the Wings category and he is currently working with free solo climber Matt Bush.

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Photographer Spotlight: Q&A With Peter Hoang – Rock Climbing and Adventure Photography

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Every once in a while you come across a photographer who’s work really speaks to you personally. It might be the subject matter, artistic skill, technical perfection or just plane cool photography.

In the upcoming Photographer Spotlight series, we are going to profile the work of a number of photographers along with question and answer sessions.

We hope that their work will inspire you and that you might get a bit of insight into who they are and why they do what they do.

Our first photographer is Peter Hoang.

Peter is an Ontario, Canada based rock climbing and adventure photographer. Ontario isn’t exactly known as a climbing hot spot – but it does have some pretty amazing sport and ice routes and Peter manages to mix his work locally at home with his travels to more exotic climbing destinations.

Peter’s work has been featured by Ontario Climbing, Gripped Magazine and Patagonia and he’s sponsored by Arc’Teryx and WoolX.

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