HotShots: Ian Maddox
July 14, 2014
My approach to photography is very spontaneous. I usually have a direction in mind, but a lot of my favorite shots are the result of the models and me just forgetting what the goal is and having a good time.
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The Tattooed Wedding Photographer
April 29, 2014
Most wedding photos are corny dreck. No matter how cool your day is some photographer who spends his week shooting stupid kids' portraits at Sears will contort you in the cheesiest of poses.
HotShots: Bilacous
November 11, 2013
Meet Bilacous an amazing shooter from Portsmouth, England. We pick his brain in the interview below and show his amazing eye in the gallery that follows.
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