Staff Bio and Contact Info

The Phoblographer is about photography reviews and tips in practical situations. Expect lots of content for professionals and starters like.

Chris Gampat- Editor in Chief

Self Portrait in Tan

The site is run and published by Chris Gampat. He has worked for Photography Bay, Blind Photographers, PCMag, Geek.com, Magnum Photos, and MAC-On-Campus amongst others. He’s had photos in the NYTimes and all across the web and publishing world. Currently, he’s the Lead Writer for B&H Photo Video’s Social Media team.

If you’d like to contact Chris or are more interested in how he can help you, promote/review your product, contact him at ChrisGampat[at]thephoblographer.com. Chris lives in the NYC area and is always happy to work with new vendors.

Chris is on Flickr and Twitter.

Julius Motal- Copy Editor

Julius has a family history rooted in photography. From a photo development lab on his father’s side and a photographer for the Archdiocese of New York on his mother’s side, photography runs thick in his veins. He is a Minolta Maxxum film shooter with a bevy of lenses, and his work can be found on his flickr, where he also houses photos from his Sony DSLR. Due to the Creative Commons license on his photographs, many blogs have used his photos in their posts. Photography is second nature for Julius. He also writes for Rainn Wilson’s website, SoulPancake. Julius also does work for PCMag.com.

You can email him at JuliusMotal[at]thephoblographer.com

Gevon Servo – Social Media Coordinator

Gevon Servo aka @GServo is an eclectic, NJ/NY Photographer. He’s a Nikon shooter, by choice nevertheless, will always test any piece of photography equipment. He believes that like ‘Photography’, ‘Coffee’,’Beer’ and ‘Comics Books’ and other things ‘Geek’ “You must try everything once to discover what you want to try again.” On his personal blog GServo mostly covers his 365project and coffee photography. His photography can be found on Flickr and 500px. You can email him at GevonServo[at]thephoblographer[dot]com

Felix Esser- News Editor

Felix is a massive gearhead and enthusiastic about all kinds of tech-geekery. He loves to share his passion for photography and photographic gear with others, which is why he enjoys writing about new stuff so much. In his main career, he is a doctoral student in historical linguistics — writing thus comes to him as second nature. During his few spare time between attending to his family, working on his thesis and writing for The Phoblographer, he uses Micro Four Thirds and Leica M digital cameras as well as film-based SLRs and rangefinder cameras with a number of different lenses.

You can support Felix by using his links to B&H Photo when buying stuff.

You can reach him at FelixEsser[at]thephoblographer[dot]com.

Andy Hendriksen – Reviews Editor

Andy has been taking photographs since he was a kid, but only recently, after moving to Los Angeles, did he realize his love for street photography. Andy is a dedicated Nikon shooter, with a love for all things tech and media related. During the day, Andy is an audio and broadcast engineer, a guitarist, and a coffee aficionado.
 You can find more of Andy’s work on his personal blog, along with his photography on 500px.
 Contact Andy at: andyhendriksen[at]thephoblographer[dot]com

Peter Walkowiak – Lead News Writer

Peter lives in San Diego and continuously travels on the road. He has visited most of the national parks throughout the western United States to fuel his passion for landscape photography. He is also an avid concert and urbex photographer but is growing to love street photography. He is an advocate for digital and film photography with a growing collection of vintage gear. Working with medium format cameras has been the most zenful thing he has done to date. Even with an plethora of vintage and high end gear, Peter remains a very enthusiastic iPhoneographer, claiming the iPhone as his favorite camera. He loves to share his work and enjoys having high level photography and tech conversations. His self published website and blog can be found here. He also has a 500px account which consolidates all of his recent work.

He can be reached at peterwalkowiak[at]thephoblographer[dot]com.

http://www.peterwphoto.com/
http://www.peterwphoto.com/blog/
http://500px.com/peterwphoto

 

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Sander Martijn – Contributor

Sander-Martijn photographs people. His focus is primarily on fashion and music. Based out of New York he also enjoys traveling around the world to capture people in unique environments. To date he has shot in ten countries and across the US on various projects. His work has appeared in magazines, online publications and album covers to name a few.

With a passion for exploring the ways photographic techniques can be exploited to tell a story or convey emotion you’ll find Sander most at home in the studio with an array of light modifiers at his disposal. You can view his work at http://sander-martijn.com/ and his thoughts about inspiration and style at http://thoughts.sander-martijn.com/

Mike Pouliot – Contributor

Due to his proximity to Boston and his love for the city, Mike spends most of his time photographing urban scenes and life within these areas. Along with photography, Mike has a love for gadgets and technology which made the step from film to digital a natural and welcomed progression. When not at work or out shooting, you’ll likely find Mike out on the golf course or at a Red Sox game. Mike’s photography can be seen on Flickr at: mpouliotphoto You can also contact him at mikepouliot[at]thephoblographer[dot]com


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