Nick Scalera Nick Scalera Photography “I have been a New Jersey and Pennsylvania press photographer since 2005, covering high school sports, theater, news and community events; and for the past two years, concerts.” My photography journey began after a dental procedure in 2005! Still loopy from the nitrous oxide, I took a stroll around town before driving home …
Spotlight
Photographers share their backgrounds, stories, photo tips, and what’s in their bag -- one thing they all have in common is that they all joined the BLACKRAPID revolution!
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Stefania Rosini
Stefania Rosini STEFANIA ROSINI PHOTOGRAPHY SET PHOTOGRAPHER Tell Us About Yourself I am an Italian set photographer based in LA. My passion for photography and Cinema is all I haven all that keeps me alive. Can You Share a Photo Tip With Us? Shoot with both eyes open, so you can see what’s going on …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Steven Rossi
Steven Rossi Fine Art Photographer / Wildlife “I moved from NYC to Minnesota to live among the wildlife I love to photograph.” After The Storm There’s an osprey nesting site that I’ve loved visiting for years. And recently two young ospreys were blown out of their nest by a tornado. I was there to photograph their …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Suzi Pratt
Suzi Pratt Gemini Connect Media Pre-COVID: Event, Real Estate, and Restaurant Photographer Currently: Travel and Camera Gear Photographer and YouTuber “COVID took away 80% of my photography business practically overnight, so I shifted gears to focus on my retirement plan: travel photography (U.S. road trips) and making YouTube videos. But prior to COVID, I was …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Michael Pintar
Michael Pintar Michael Pintar Photography “Bulls Won’t Pay the Bills” In 1997, my twin brother Brian and I moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. One morning, we went to the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association) Hall of Fame to watch three-time world champion bull rider, Tuff Hedeman, get inducted. I’d already had longtime respect for the …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Kevin RC Wilson
Kevin RC Wilson Kevin RC Wilson Photography Music and Wedding Photography I’m most known for my music industry photography, but also shoot weddings, and am an official member of the NYC Press. My name is Kevin RC Wilson and I’ve been a photographer for the better half of a decade. 6 years ago I got …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Hopper Stone
Hopper Stone Still photographer for the motion picture industry and President of the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers (SMPSP) I fell into photojournalism in 1988 (seriously…fell in). By late 1996, I was living in Mexico City working as a photojournalist and began to see the writing on the wall. I had just gotten attacked …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Deborah Grosmark
Deborah Grosmark Deborah Grosmark Photography • The Creative Arts Corner of Hudson Valley (Arts Education) Production & Feature Film Unit Stills Photography I have been working on-location along the east coast and teaching over the past 19-years. My work as focused primarily on people, artists, and acrobats within the commercial, editorial, and documentary genres. Artistically, …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Brooke Mason
Brooke Mason Brooke Mason Creative Celebrity & Advertising I’m Australian born, currently living and working in Los Angeles by way of NYC. I’ve been a working photographer for 17yrs. I can’t imagine not doing photography. Though I have a Creative Agency and a photography agency for people to hire other photographers, I still shoot regularly. …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Frank Masi
Frank Masi – Motion Picture Still Photographer Known for shooting big budget action films and working for many years with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Honored in January 2020 with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Still Photography from the SOC (Society of Camera Operators) Honored in 2012 by the Publicist Guild Local 600 for Excellence …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Ishaan Bhataiya
Ishaan Bhataiya of Wideangle Vigilante Photographing Action Sports At 14, I took a few photos on a phone camera. A few months later I walked into an electronics store and held a DSLR for the first time, only to be taken aback by all the numbers, icons and information on the screen. It was almost a …
BLACKRAPID Spotlight: João Carlos
João Carlos João Carlos Photo Photographing Fashion, Beauty, Advertising, Portrait My name is Joao Carlos and I’m a Fuji X photographer. I’ve been a visual story teller for over two decades. I envision my photography as an opportunity to create inspiring pieces of artwork to go beyond the conventionality of fashion and commercial photography and to …
