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Photographer Tyler Shields Visits the Tornado Wrecked Oklahoma Areas

Chris Gampat
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05/27/2013
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Last Updated on 05/27/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Image from Tyler Shields. Used with permission.

Tyler Shields is known for his sometimes dark scenes illuminated by harsh direct flash combined with his creative ideas that the fashion world loves. But every now and then, a photographer needs to step out of their comfort zone and do something else. Today on his blog, he published a piece showcasing images of the tornado wrecked Oklahoma areas. Some of the images are heartbreaking and depressing while others are detail shots. He states that no one is really complaining and that the folks there are really just happy to be alive. And according to USA Today, they’re all poised to rebuild. They had some terrible tornados years ago as well during the 90s, but the internet wasn’t what it was back then with lots of coverage being made easier and faster.

Tyler’s piece is worth a look at to see how the photographer has pushed himself from being a studio guy to a documentary landscapist.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.