Sunday 27 October 2013

Week 42 - John

What is your name?
John Lechner, I am also known as John Vacy or ESJ, the ESJ relates to my equestrian work. I was known as Eventing Safety John, which got shortened to ESJ and has stuck thats why my business name is ESJ Photo.

What sort of photography do you do?
Until recently my focus had been mostly on Equestrian sport, Eventing in particular with some landscape work also.
But in the last 12 months I have really redefined my work and I would have to say my focus is on travel, landscapes and portraiture. Most important is I love to be outdoors shooting not in a studio.

How long have you been shooting?
I cannot remember a time when I didn't have a camera, there have always been cameras in my life.

What's your favorite piece of gear? (for example, Lens, Bag, Camera, Tripod, anything you really love to work with)
My favourite is without doubt my Nikon D800, I carry it with me everywhere. It is just a beautiful piece of kit.

I am a gadget person though, I love my bags (I currently have 3 but sold another 3 on eBay 8 weeks ago to de-clutter), my everyday bag is a Tenba messenger which is great but the Peak Design Leash is also the most versatile camera strap I have ever used.

Where can we find you? Twitter account/s, blogs, galleries, any and all web presence that you feel comfortable sharing.
My website is esjphoto.com.au I have a personal twitter @johnvacy and business @esj_photo.

Where do you live and work? You can be as specific as providing your lat-long coordinates, or as vague as "planet earth".
I live in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales in Australia, about 2 hours north of Sydney. This is my home but I never feel settled unless I am travelling. I just spent a month in the USA on a family holiday. I have trips to Cambodia plus Amsterdam and Iceland planned for 2014, these trips are purely photography.

Is there a Twitter account you would really like to see take over @WeRPhotography for a week?
@chasejarvis.

Sunday 20 October 2013

Week 41 - Madhu

What is your name?
Madhumita Gopalan.

What sort of photography do you do?
Travel, architecture, heritage, culture and people.

How long have you been shooting?
Five years, approximately.

What's your favorite piece of gear? (for example, Lens, Bag, Camera, Tripod, anything you really love to work with)
I shoot with a Nikon d700 that I absolutely love, and my favourite lenses (I love all three equally)are Nikkor's 24mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4.

Where can we find you? Twitter account/s, blogs, galleries, any and all web presence that you feel comfortable sharing.
I tweet as @madhu_gopalan 
I blog about my hometown, Hyderabad (a historical city in southern India) at www.fourtowers.blogspot.com
For everything else, I have another blog www.madhugopalan.blogspot.com
I occasionally post photos on my flickr stream http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhugopalan/

Where do you live and work? You can be as specific as providing your lat-long coordinates, or as vague as "planet earth".
South India.

Is there a Twitter account you would really like to see take over @WeRPhotography for a week?
Will ask around and let you know!

Sunday 13 October 2013

Week 40 - Gilbert

What is your name?
Gilbert Potts.

What sort of photography do you do?
Digital snapshots and fully manual. I like depth compression textural street photography without humans and animals. Minimalism but more in terms of limiting the number of colours and shapes. My ideal pic has three or less colours and one or two shapes. Greatly inspired by the art of Jeffrey Smart and the visual design of Jaques Tati.

How long have you been shooting?
32 years.

What's your favorite piece of gear? (for example, Lens, Bag, Camera, Tripod, anything you really love to work with)
My brain. Any camera.

Where can we find you? Twitter account/s, blogs, galleries, any and all web presence that you feel comfortable sharing.
@post_rock0 on both Twitter and Instagram.

Where do you live and work? You can be as specific as providing your lat-long coordinates, or as vague as "planet earth".
Melbourne, Australia. 

Is there a Twitter account you would really like to see take over @WeRPhotography for a week? @will_hough, @boots_66 , @thisquietarmy


Week 39 - Jim

See week 37.