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Photographers: Got a Project? We’d Love to Showcase It!

Chris Gampat
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03/31/2020
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Hey photographers, if we like your photography projects, portfolio, etc., we’ll feature it!

Amidst everything happening with COVID-19, we know photographers are shifting to find ways to get more eyes on their work. As a service to our readers, we’re looking to help. For years, we’ve featured and profiled up and coming photographers. We’re also glad to say we’ve discovered many before they were cool. Photographers have gotten work from our features, and we’re happy to help the photo community. So, if you’d like to get featured, we’ve got all the details on how to submit your work below.

Creating the Photograph: For Strobist Photographers

Creating the Photograph is a series where we showcase the story and creation of a single image and the strobist/editing efforts behind it. What we need is:

  • A bio
  • What happened on the shoot? Tell us the who, what, when, where, how, and why
  • A gear list
  • The concept of the photo
  • Post-production: walk us through this and share screenshots please
  • A lighting diagram
  • BTS images or other images from the shoot
  • Before and after editing images
  • All images at 3000 pixels on the long side

Here’s the series. Email us with the subject line: Creating the Photograph: (Your name here)

Projects: For the Photographers

PLEASE CAREFULLY FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS. SUBMISSIONS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED OTHERWISE AND MAY HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE SPAM FOLDER.

  • The subject line of your email should be: Photography Submission: (Your name here)
  • Shoot 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. Think about the who, what, when, where, how and why. Tell me about who you are as a photographer, list what cameras, lenses, lights, films (or plates, or papers) and other gear you use. Tell me about your vision when you create and take photos.

Then, answer these questions:

  • Why did you get into photography?
  • Which photographers are your biggest influences?
  • How long have you been shooting?
  • Why is photography and shooting so important to you?
  • Do you feel you’re more of a creator or a documenter? Why?
  • What’s typically going through your mind when you create images? Tell us about your processes both mentally and mechanically.
  • Want to walk us through your processing techniques?
  • Tell us about the project you’re pitching, or your portfolio.
  • What made you want to get into your genre?
  • Tell us a bit about the gear you use and how it helps you achieve your creative vision.
  • What motivates you to shoot?
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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.