A Source of Photography Inspiration

Sylvia Cook‘s father was a photographer, so she grew up around a studio, chemicals, a darkroom and photo equipment. After college, she started getting into digital photography and eventually began running her own business, specializing in portraits with natural lighting.

Alexandra Mascia lives on Sardinia, a sunny Italian island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. As a portrait photographer, she takes advantage of the warm light in her environment to naturally illuminate her models.

Luis Fabini became a photographer at the age of seven, when his father put a camera in his hand before the two went trekking across the Andes. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Luis has spent most of his life moving between South America, Europe and the United States, teaching himself photography on the way.

Although Kameron Elisabeth Walsh is currently studying in Pennsylvania, she has a portfolio full of photos from Southern California, her home. Her ocean and beach photos are especially beautiful.

Tanya Gramatikova is a fine art and commercial photographer from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, who focuses on female portraits. Many of her fine art photos have a classic beauty and seem like paintings, with strong, smooth colors.

Michael Ernest Sweet is a Canadian writer and photographer. His street photography is different, even unique, characterized by a high-contrast grittiness and haphazard framing.

Photographer Mike Taylor is from central Maine, which is a perfect location for what he does: nature photography. Although he does studio work as well, his first and foremost interest is photographing nighttime landscapes with stars overhead.

Mary Serantoni is a fine art travel photographer who’s originally from Chicago and now lives in Phoenix. Her portfolio focuses mainly on European street scenes, especially from Italy and France.

When Najwa Kronfel graduated from The French Culinary School in New York City, she started a cooking and photography blog called Delicious Shots. It was a way for her to practice her food styling and photography while also sharing her recipes.

Mike Mellia is a commercial and fine art photographer living in New York City. He’s interested in the use of allegory in photography, and many of his fine art projects have clear moral or political messages. However, his series ‘Glimpses of Darkness’ has a slightly different atmosphere than his previous work.