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The Phoblogosphere
Going to be working on some minor tweaks that you’ll see over the next couple of months, but for the most part, this is it.
What do you think?
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Editor’s Intro:
Today, I’m extremely excited to bring a new face to the staff of The Phoblographer. When Andy Hendriksen applied to be a staffer, the entire staff was wow’d immediately by him. He’s a fantastic photographer that I personally believe puts many natural light shooters to shame, he’s an audio technician, and he can write.
Plus: he’s friendly. Andy has been writing for us for a little while now as a test and two weeks ago I sent him an email telling him that I believe in him, love his work and want to work even closer. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve also learned more about Andy’s personality via his emails and his input on decisions made by the entire staff.
Andy, I feel, is a force to be reckoned with. His knowledge is immense. Not only is the technical part of his brain highly stimulated but the artistic side blossoms and his eyes have a knack for knowing what is a kick ass photo and what’s not.
With that said, myself and the rest of the staff are happy to have Andy on-board and he takes over the Lead Reviewer position and helps you all to make better decisions about the products you’d love to use.
Andy’s Bio:
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
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Editor in Chief’s Intro
Felix is a guy that doesn’t give up; and as an Editor in Chief of a website that I grew from its infancy, Felix has always been a motivational figure in one way or another to me. I’m 25; and while still quite tenacious, aggressive, and blooming with perseverance, Felix, in my eyes, represents hope and openness. I told myself this year that I’m going to take The Phoblographer to a brand new height of greatness and I’ve even gone so far as to set year long goals for myself. One of those was bringing on a news editor.
What do I mean by all this? Well, Felix has actually applied to work for the site many times. And I told him many times that we couldn’t work with him but I also told him that I’d keep his application on hand. Then CES came around, and I chose to totally opt out of reporting on it. That was a huge mistake for the site and I accept full responsibility for it.
But Felix has come in as News Editor and has done an absolutely terrific job so far. In fact, he got us a mention in Pop Photo!
I’ve e-known Felix for a while though. Back when this site was still an infant, his website used to give us some of our best traffic. And I used to sit there looking at my WordPress stats saying, “Wow, I impressed some guy all the way in Germany? How the hell did I do that?”
As time went on, The Phoblographer grew. And I owe much of it to the traffic that Felix’s blog used to bring in.
Now, Felix is part of us. And to be very honest with you, I feel that the current staff has been built into a very great family that works well together, jokes around via emails, and is completely open and honest with one another.
With all of this said, I’d like you all to please welcome the newest member of the family: Felix Esser.
And now for Felix’s Bio
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.
Felix runs a small blog dedicated to photography, his pictures can be seen on his flickr account. You can also follow him on Facebook, where he regularly links to interesting articles from all over the web.
You can support Felix by using his links to B&H Photo when buying stuff.
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As photographers, we all know the friends who take way too many photos and then upload them to Facebook; causing us to sometimes cringe at them. A great example is the girl that posts way too many photos of herself (or always in the same pose.) Vimeo users Neil Chan has parodied this problem in his video, “Pro-Facebook Photographer: Marc Huelet.” In it, Marc tries to talk all about the gear he uses: which ranges very greatly from high end professional cameras to the iPhone. But he brings up a much better point: that being that it’s the photographer that takes the images and no matter how great the camera may be, it will never replace the knowledge, experience and creative vision that an individual has.
If you’ve got a couple of minutes, check out the video above. Let us know your thoughts on some of the photos that you find on Facebook.
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