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Photographers That Make Their Own Cameras: Want a Feature?

Chris Gampat
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11/19/2015
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Last Updated on 11/19/2015 by Chris Gampat

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Hey folks,

The Phoblographer has forever had an extremely strong analog community, and I’d argue that of all the large photo blogs, this site has the strongest. So I’m looking directly at you folks for this next round of features. If you make your own cameras, I’d love to talk to you about the process and feature them on the site. That means beer can pinhole cameras, hand made 4×5 cameras from wood, etc. Let’s talk about them.

Details on how to pitch yourself are after the jump.

So how do you pitch yourself? FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

– Shoot the site an email at editors[at]thephoblographer[dot]com. You’ll also probably notice the little call to feature you on the sidebar.

– Describe yourself as a photographer. Detail the who, what, when, where, how and why about yourself.

– Include websites of yours

– Explain why the readers want to see your work., or why your project is really cool. Plus, I’d love to see images of the cameras and images shot with the cameras. Send them at 1000 pixels on the long side to make it easier on email.

I will review all of your submissions and get back to you based on the volume of emails. Don’t let this discourage you, I’m a very cool cat; just busy.

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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.