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 …
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: 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 …
BLACKRAPID Spotlight: Andy Keilen
Andy Keilen Keilen Photography I’m primarily a music photographer, but I also shoot portraits, events/weddings, headshots, family, anything! I first picked up a camera in 2008, shot my first concert the same year (Thanks to Bryce Avary from The Rocket Summer and his wife Tara). From there, I cold-called Rolling Stone Magazine in NYC until they …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Jim Bennett
Jim Bennett Photo Bakeryportraits and commercial photographer How A Stage Dive Convinced Me To Carry 2 Camera Bodies I was shooting Lollapalooza 2010 with 1 camera body and 2 lenses, switching between them all weekend. Green Day was one of the headliners that year. At one point during the first 3 songs of their set, an audience …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Ennio Scarcelli
Ennio Scarcelli is a professional photographer based in Italy, he lives in the heart of the Dolomites. His greatest passions are the mountains and sports. His favorite style of photos are landscapes, but he also dedicates himself to wedding photos, portraits, glamor etc. He calls himself a 360° photographer. During the year he organizes various Workshops in the …
BLACKRAPID SPOTLIGHT: Ana York
Ana York Still photographer in films, Photojournalism I began my photography journey when I was about 15 years old, but I took it seriously when I started college at 19. In those years I barely knew what my style was or even what I wanted to do with it. Years passed and as I kept …
