Elia Locardi (born July 13, 1980) [1] is an American photographer specialized in travel photography, landscape photography, aerial photography and videography. He is also a photography blogger, educator, speaker and entrepreneur. [2] Locardi often works together with his wife, Naomi Locardi.
Locardi graduated in media art and animation from the Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale in 2002. After a decade working in the media arts and animation industry, and travelling, he launched a career as a location-independent digital nomad photographer. [3]
His photographic themes have been natural landscapes, cityscapes, ancient architecture and world heritage sites. His work has been published in National Geographic , Digital Photo Magazine, Digital Camera Magazine, and Professional Photographer Magazine.
Locardi was still photographer for the documentary film How I Became an Elephant (2012), and captured drone footage for a documentary film on Bhutan's annual Tour of the Dragon bicycle race (2015). [4] His drone pictures and footage have been favourably reviewed in specialized online and book sources. [5] [6] [7]
With his wife Naomi Locardi, in 2010 he founded a photography-oriented website Blame The Monkey, an American blog focusing on travel photography. The blog shares stories of the photographers' experiences as global nomads and the techniques used in photographing and post-processing. Blame The Monkey was voted "Best New Blog for Photographers" by Scott Kelby, in his roundup of 55 best of things in 2011. [8]
Alone or in association, Locardi has participated in the development of tutorials and other educational material on photography and postprocessing techniques as applied to travel, landscape, cityscape, desert nightscape, and astro-photography. [9] [10] [11]
In 2016 Locardi was chosen by Kelby as one of five best photography workshop teachers. [12]
Moments in Time is a serial travel show filmed in 2019 in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy and Spain. [13] In addition to displaying tourist attractions, the show includes interviews with and the work of local experts and artists in the world of photography. [14] Season two of the series was shot at the end of 2019 in the Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia, buts its continuation has been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]
Kentucky in Focus is a short-form episodic series sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Tourism, in which Locardi's team tour Kentucky’s most iconic sites in 11 episodes exploring the state’s horse country, outdoor city life, water, food and bourbon. [16]
Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour, Maria Eisner, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, William Vandivert, and Rita Vandivert. Its photographers retain all copyrights to their own work.
Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography.
Eric Cheng is a Taiwanese American entrepreneur, professional photographer, and Emmy-nominated executive producer specializing in virtual reality, underwater photography, and aerial imaging. He is Head of Immersive Media at Facebook Reality Labs.
New Zealand Geographic is a bi-monthly magazine founded in 1989 and published by Kōwhai Media of Auckland, New Zealand. In the format popularised by National Geographic, it focuses on the biodiversity, geography, and culture of New Zealand, Antarctica, and nearby Pacific Islands. The magazine showcases documentary and editorial photography, and each year runs a national Photographer of the Year competition.
Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis on the aesthetic value of the photo than other photography genres, such as photojournalism and documentary photography.
Photography Studies College, commonly abbreviated to PSC, is a privately owned independent tertiary photography college established in 1973, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Still life photography is a genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects. Similar to still life painting, it is the application of photography to the still life artistic style. Tabletop photography, product photography, food photography, found object photography etc. are examples of still life photography.
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) is an American professional association made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field. Founded in 1946, the organization is based in at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. The NPPA places emphasis on photojournalism, or journalism that presents a story through the use of photographs or moving pictures. The NPPA holds annual competitions as well as several quarterly contests, seminars, and workshops designed to stimulate personal growth in its members. It utilizes a mentor program which offers its members the opportunity to establish a relationship with a veteran NPPA member and learn from them. The organization also offers a critique service, a job bank, an online discussion board, and various member benefits.
Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital photographs, traditional photo-chemical photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to modify photographs or editing illustrations with any traditional art medium. Graphic software programs, which can be broadly grouped into vector graphics editors, raster graphics editors, and 3D modelers, are the primary tools with which a user may manipulate, enhance, and transform images. Many image editing programs are also used to render or create computer art from scratch. The term “image editing” usually refers only to the editing of 2D images, not 3D ones.
Paul Reiffer is a British commercial and landscape photographer.
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA) is a museum dedicated to exhibiting important photographic art as central to contemporary life and culture. FMoPA also enriches the community by operating outreach programs to educate children and adults. FMoPA is one of fewer than ten museums in the United States dedicated exclusively to photography and one of two such museums in Florida. In addition, the museum is home to high-impact community programs such as the Children's Literacy Through Photography program for at-risk children and adult photography classes, workshops, and children's summer camps. FMOPA’s upcoming move to historic Ybor City gives the promise of growth and a new and dynamic environment to showcase its extensive collection and host exhibitions from acclaimed photographers.
Lindsay Adler is an American portrait and fashion photographer based out of Manhattan, New York. Her editorials have appeared in Bullett Magazine, Zink Magazine and Fault. She has contributed to photo publications Professional Photographer, Rangefinder Magazine, and Popular Photography. In 2020, Adler became the first woman to win the Rangefinder Icon of the Year award.
DigitalRev TV is the YouTube channel of DigitalRev Media, a Hong Kong-based photography Retail, social media platform and content producer. The channel was created by DigitalRev CEO and producer Richard Yu and was co-produced and presented by Kai Man Wong. DigitalRev TV routinely published new product reviews, parodies, challenges and how-to guides, and was known for its irreverent style in the vein of Top Gear. It was once the most subscribed to photography channel on Youtube. Changes were made to the presentation staff in late 2016, which have led to intermittent content from the channel and sister channel DigitalRev Plus. The most recent video uploaded to the channel was published on October 18th, 2019, and is considered the last video of the channel.
The Quin is a luxury hotel in New York City. It is located on 57th Street and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, two blocks south of Central Park.
Michael Ernest Sweet is a Canadian photographer, writer, and educator. He is the author of two books of street photography, The Human Fragment and Michael Sweet's Coney Island.
Michael Christopher Brown is an American photographer known for his documentation of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and the resulting monograph, Libyan Sugar (2016).
Blame The Monkey is an American blog focusing on travel photography inspiration and education, particularly regarding an image editing technique used in photographic post processing that it calls "Advanced Dynamic Blending."
Grant Sheehan is a New Zealand photographer and publisher, raised in Nelson and now based in Wellington.
James Rushforth is a British photographer, mountaineer, climber, and travel writer, especially known for his guide book series on Iceland the Dolomites, as well as for his travel, nature, landscape, and extreme sport photographs, many of which have been recognized at the International Photography Award, the Siena International Photo Award, and the Px3 – Prix de la Photographie. Rushforth's photos have been displayed in national newspapers, travel magazines and other media.
Kevin Krautgartner is a German architectural and landscape photographer, best known for his aerial images of urban and large ground spaces highlighting the aesthetic value of colors, lines and geometric patterns in them. His oeuvre has been awarded at international contests, and featured in mainstream media.